It is still unclear who is behind these cyberattacks.
Two of the most popular flight tracking websites, Flightradar24 and PlaneFinder had their service disrupted after consecutively suffering multiple cyberattacks.
It seems like a well-organized hacking campaign targeting real-time flight tracking service providers.
See: Flight tracking service Flightradar24 hacked; 230,000 accounts affected
Flightradar24 was attacked thrice in two days, whereas PlaneFinder was attacked multiple times. PlaneFinder took to Twitter to confirm the news and asked its users to remain patient as they are trying to fix the issue.
If you’re having issues accessing Plane Finder this morning, thank you for your patience. We are working hard to counter the attack we are under and will bring Plane Finder back to full service as soon as we can.
Hackread.com can confirm that PlaneFinder users could not access live feeds as the website was offline around 12:40 PM (GMT) Tuesday. However, at the time of publishing this article, the service was back online.
Tweets from Plane Finder (Image: Twitter via Hackread.com)
For your information, Flightradar24 and PlaneFinder allow users to monitor real-time air traffic at all major airports around the world.
Both platforms are immensely popular among aviation enthusiasts and travelers worldwide. For instance, both websites have millions of registered users and thousands of flights are daily tracked through them.
Flight tracking services also allow users to identify the flight number, aircraft model, elevation level, destination, distress signal codes, and t ..
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