'We just don't really understand fully who's behind this, what the motivation was, certainly at what level -- if any -- Kremlin officials were aware.'
by someone within Russia on Monday, according to a senior U.S. official briefed on the situation. The systems targeted do not handle air traffic control, internal airline communications and coordination or transportation security., adding that the attacks have resulted in targeted "denial of public access" to public-facing web domains that report airport wait times and congestion.
More than a dozen websites for U.S. airports were impacted by the "denial of service" attacks, which essentially overload sites by jamming them with artificial users, according to John Hultquist, head of intelligence analysis at American cybersecurity firm Mandiant. Hultquist told ABC News that such cyberattacks are highly visible but largely superficial and often temporary.A pro-Kremlin hacker group called Killnet is believed to be behind Monday's attacks, according to Hultquist.
While similar groups have been found to be fronts for state-backed actors, Hultquist said there is no evidence that the Russian government was involved in directing Monday's attacks. Both the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said they were aware of the cyberattacks.
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