Pro-Russian hackers claim responsibility for taking down US airport websites

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Pro-Russian hackers claim responsibility for taking down US airport websites
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Pro-Russian hackers claim responsibility for taking down US airport websites

Killnet asked hackers to flood the servers running US airport websites with junk requests

Some US airport websites were taken offline on Monday after a pro-Russian hacker group issued a call for attacks. Killnet claimed responsibility for temporarily taking US airport websites offlin...

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