# Bristol Airport flight screens go dark after ransomware infection

- Date: 2018-09-14
- Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
- Type: Ransomware
- Sector: Airport

Ransomware infected the computers that drive Bristol Airport's in-house screens showing arrival and departure information on 14 September 2018, and the screens stayed dark for about two days. Staff used handwritten whiteboards and extra PA announcements. The airport said flights were not affected, that it would not pay the ransom, and the ransomware variant was never publicly identified.

## Sources

- [Ransomware Takes Down Airport's Flight Information Screens](https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/ransomware-takes-down-airports-flight-information-screens-/d/d-id/1332826) (Dark Reading)
- [Ransomware hits UK's Bristol Airport, affects flight information screens](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3305750/ransomware-hits-uks-bristol-airport-affects-flight-information-screens.html) (CSO Online)
- [Bristol Airport apparent ransomware attack](https://www.welivesecurity.com/2018/09/17/bristol-airport-apparent-ransomware-attack/) (ESET WeLiveSecurity)
- [Bristol airport takes flight screens offline after apparent ransomware attack](https://blog.eset.ie/2018/09/19/bristol-airport-takes-flight-screens-offline-after-apparent-ransomware-attack/) (ESET Ireland blog)
- [Bristol airport cyber attack](https://www.theregister.com/2018/09/17/bristol_airport_cyber_attack) (The Register)
- [Cyberattack Bristol Airport](https://thehackernews.com/2018/09/cyberattack-bristol-airport.html) (The Hacker News)

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