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Calm returns to airports after cyberattacks overcome

The police control systems at airports and all checkpoints in Cyprus have been restored after the country was targeted by six cyberattacks over the weekend, police spokesman Christos Andreou said on Monday.

Andreou told the CyBC that “the situation has normalised and upgrades to control systems, necessary considering the scale of the cyberattacks, are being carried out”.

All police control systems at both airports of the Republic, as well as other entry and exit points, were upgraded on Sunday to protect against the current visible risk, he said.

He also clarified that while the systems did not cease functioning during the upgrade, after an attempted cyberattack on airport operator Hermes’ website was averted on Friday, processing checks took much longer than usual, leading to huge queues at Larnaca airport.

Long queues formed, leading to frustration among passengers. The situation was better at Paphos airport, where passenger traffic was lower at the time, resulting in fewer disruptions.

Andreou said the upgrade was in response to the specific threats received by the Republic, but did not rule out the need for further upgrades if future attacks occur, depending on the methods used by hackers.

(cyprus mail)

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