The Port of Seattle, which also operates Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, said it was hit by a “possible cyber attack” that appears to have affected its website and phone systems.
The port first became aware of the outage via social media on Saturday morning, after which the airport posted that it had “experienced certain systems failures indicating a possible cyber attack.”
Late Saturday night, the airport said services remained suspended, adding that “no timeline has been determined for when services will be restored and port teams continue to work to restore full service,” and urged travelers to use airline apps to retrieve their boarding passes and baggage tags, and to allow extra time to get to their gates.
The Port of Seattle, including SEA Airport, continues to experience an outage. There is no estimated time for restoration, and port teams continue to work to restore full service. (continued)
— Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (@flySEA) August 25, 2024
As of Sunday morning Pacific time, the Port of Seattle's public-facing web infrastructure, including its website, still appears to be largely offline, according to a review of DNS records by TechCrunch.
A TSA spokesperson told GeekWire that security operations will not be affected. Earlier this year, the Biden administration issued an executive order aimed at improving cybersecurity at ports.
This comes less than a month after a CrowdStrike software update caused a global IT meltdown that included flight cancellations and delays.
Additional reporting by Zack Whittaker