Cyberattack Briefly Disrupts Atlanta Airport Website
A denial-of-service (DoS) attack briefly disrupted the website of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on the morning of March 28, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia, though airport officials confirmed there was no impact to flight operations or on-site services. The airport’s technology team quickly detected the cyberattack and implemented standard protective measures, restoring access with minimal delay. The source of the attack remains unknown, and no data breach has been reported. The incident follows a recent data breach affecting Cobb County government systems, raising concerns about increased cyber activity in the region. Hartsfield-Jackson, the world’s busiest airport by passenger traffic, has been targeted in past cyber incidents, including a Wi-Fi shutdown during the 2018 ransomware attack on the City of Atlanta and a coordinated campaign by pro-Russian hackers in 2022 that disrupted airport websites across the U.S.