Security News > 2020 > January > Christmas Ransomware Attack Hit New York Airport Servers
An upstate New York airport and its computer management provider were attacked by ransomware over Christmas, officials said.
Officials at the Albany County Airport Authority announced Thursday that the attack came to light after Schenectady-based LogicalNet reported its own management services network had been breached.
The attack, which was discovered Christmas Day, encrypted administrative files like budget spreadsheets, but no personal or financial traveler data was accessed, airport officials said, nor did it affect operations at Albany International Airport, which the authority oversees, or Transportation Security Administration or airline computers.
The airport authority's insurance carrier authorized payment of the bitcoin ransom, which officials would say only was "Under six figures," the Times Union reported.
The contract with LogicalNet, which the authority has since terminated, included providing security for the airport's system, airport authority CEO Philip Calderone said.
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