The Port of Seattle, which also runs the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, reported that it suffered a “possible cyberattack” affecting its websites and phone systems.
The port discovered the outages through social media on Saturday morning, with the airport confirming that it had “experienced certain system outages indicating a possible cyberattack.”
On Saturday evening, the airport still faced outages and had no estimated time for resolution. Port teams were working hard to restore full service. Travelers were advised to use airline apps for boarding passes and bag tags while allowing extra time to reach their gates.
By Sunday morning Pacific time, the Port of Seattle’s public-facing web infrastructure, including its website, remained largely offline based on a TechCrunch review of its DNS records.
A TSA spokesperson informed GeekWire that security operations were unaffected. The Biden Administration had announced an executive order earlier in the year to enhance cybersecurity in ports.
This incident occurred shortly after a global IT breakdown caused by a CrowdStrike software update led to flight cancellations and delays.
Zack Whittaker contributed to this report.
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