Yesterday morning, the Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport introduced on social media that an internet methods outage was impacting each the cruise port and airport in Seattle.
The submit on X acknowledged that the reason for the outage was probably a cyber assault.
“The Port of Seattle skilled sure system outages indicating a attainable cyberattack. The Port remoted vital methods and is within the technique of working to revive full service and should not have an estimated time for return,” the assertion learn.
The Port of Seattle, together with SEA Airport, is experiencing an web and internet methods outage, which is impacting some methods on the airport. Passengers are inspired to examine with their airways for the most recent data for his or her flights. pic.twitter.com/GY6fbAHBg8
— Seattle-Tacoma Intl. Airport (@flySEA) August 24, 2024
On the time of the assertion progress was being made to revive on-line methods, however there was no estimated time for return.
SEA Airport inspired passengers to check-in on-line earlier than arriving on the airport and to maintain checking with their airline for up-to-date details about their flight.
Three cruise ships are scheduled to depart from Seattle immediately. These ships embrace Majestic Princess, Norwegian Encore, and Holland America’s Westerdam.
On the time of the writing of this text the Port of Seattle web site continues to be offline for a lot of customers making an attempt to entry the location.
The impacts of the alleged cyber assault appear to be carrying into the weekend however no latest updates have been made by the Seattle-Tacoma Intl. Airport account on X.
For vacationers scheduled to fly out of Seattle on Sunday the account final posted this assertion:
“If you’re touring Sunday, please examine along with your airline for journey data, use airline apps to get your boarding move and bag tags on-line, and permit additional time to get to SEA and to your gate.“
If cruise strains face main issues throughout this outage they are going to try and contact company about any delays or adjustments.