About 90,000 people had information accessed by ransomware hackers who breached the systems of the Port of Seattle last year. The Port holds very little information about airport or maritime passengers, and systems processing payments were not affected,” officials said in a notice on Thursday. “The threat actors accessed and downloaded some personal information from previously used Port systems for employee, contractor, and parking data. The August 24 incident, which took place ahead of the Labor Day holiday, severely damaged the systems used by the city’s port and airport, forcing workers to take extraordinary measures to help travelers. The organization — which runs Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, several parks, container terminals and more — said it is sending breach notification letters to those affected, including about 71,000 people in Washington state. The hackers, later identified as being part of the Rhysida ransomware gang, were only able to break into legacy systems used for employee data. Those impacted had some combination of names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses, ID cards and some medical information stolen. The ransomware attack knocked out the airport’s Wi-Fi and employees had to use dry-erase boards for flight and baggage information.
This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:50:17 +0000