# A cyberattack on Russia’s national airline Aeroflot grounded 42 flights today, with a Ukrainian and a Belarusian hacker group claiming responsibility for the incident. Air travel disruptions have become common in Russia since the Ukraine conflict began, often due to Ukrainian drones cutting through airspace, but this is the first time a cyber attack has caused disruption of this scale. Russia’s state prosecutor’s office said it had opened a criminal investigation after flights were disrupted at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, one of the capital’s three air hubs and Aeroflot’s main base.
Cyberattack disrupts operations of Russia’s national airline