Polish plane IT attack? Apparently not, just a simple DDoS

The Register has discovered that the unspecified IT attack which left 1,400 passengers of LOT Polish Airlines stranded in Warsaw was a simple DDoS issue, which had so impeded the airline's connection that it could not produce its flight plans in time for take offs. The interruption to flights was attributed to various IT …

[Dave 15]

simple...

Yup... sounds like simple to bring all of europes planes to a halt even more effectively than Iceland :) Perhaps a suitable attack could stop America flying...

The terrorists will be watching and thinking by now

[Simon Brady]

Meh, who needs hackers when a network failure can take down all your ATC radar at once:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/69653118/investigation-launched-after-radar-fault-grounds-flights-across-nz