Abaduni baseRussia bathi banecala lokuhlasela kwe-inthanethi okuke kwashayisa okwesikhashana amawebhusayithi amaningi ezikhumulo zezindiza e-US angaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi namuhla, okuwenza angafinyeleleki emphakathini futhi okubangele "ukuphazamiseka" kubahambi abazama ukuthola imininingwane, ngokusho kwezikhulu zaseMelika.
Ukuhlasela kwe-inthanethi kwaseRussia kuqondise kumawebhusayithi ayi-14 abheke umphakathi ezikhumulo zezindiza eziningi zase-US.
Ngokusobala iLaGuardia bekuyisikhumulo sezindiza sokuqala saseMelika ukubika izinkinga kwaCybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ngoMsombuluko ekuseni, ngesikhathi iwebhusayithi yayo ingaxhumekile ku-inthanethi ngabo-3am Eastern Standard Time.
Ezinye izikhungo zesikhumulo sezindiza ezihlosiwe zase-US kwakuyi-O'Hare International Airport yaseChicago, Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe Sase-Los Angeles kanye ne-Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Ngokusho kwezikhulu zase-US, ukuhlasela kwe-cyberattack akuzange kuthinte ukulawulwa kwezindiza, ukuxhumana kwezindiza zangaphakathi noma eminye imisebenzi ebalulekile yesikhumulo sezindiza kodwa kubangele 'ukwenqatshwa kokufinyelela komphakathi' kumawebhusayithi omphakathi abika izikhathi zokulinda zesikhumulo sezindiza nolwazi lwamandla.
I-US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) imemezele ukuthi iyayiqapha le nkinga futhi isize izikhumulo zezindiza ezithintekile.
Ukuhlasela kwe-cyberattack kwanamuhla kuthiwa kwenziwa yi-Killnet - iqembu lama-cyberterrorist aseRussia asekela i-Kremlin kodwa akucatshangwa ukuthi angabadlali bakahulumeni ngokuqondile.
Iqembu ngokuyinhloko lisebenzisa ukuhlaselwa kwe-primitive denial of service (DDoS), okukhukhule okuqondiswe kumaseva ekhompiyutha anethrafikhi ukuze kuwenze angasebenzi.
Ukuhlasela okufanayo kuqondise amanethiwekhi okuxhumana kaloliwe waseJalimane ngempelasonto, okudale ukuphazamiseka okukhulu kwezinsizakalo kwezinye izingxenye zeJalimane.
Izintambo zokuxhumana ezibalulekile zinqanyulwe ezindaweni ezimbili ngoMgqibelo, nokuphoqe ukuthi kumiswe ukuhamba kwezitimela enyakatho amahora amathathu nokudale isiphithiphithi kwezohambo ezinkulungwaneni zabagibeli.
