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A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems disrupted air traffic and caused delays at several of Europe’s major airports on Saturday.

While the impact on travelers appeared to be limited, experts said the intrusion exposed vulnerabilities in security systems.

The disruptions to electronic systems initially reported at Brussels, Berlin's Brandenburg and London's Heathrow airports meant that only manual check-in and boarding was possible. Many other European airports said their operations were unaffected.

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“There was a cyberattack on Friday night 19 September against the service provider for the check-in and boarding systems affecting several European airports including Brussels Airport,” said Brussels Airport in a statement, initially reporting a “large impact” on flight schedules.

Airports said the issue centreed around a provider of check-in and boarding systems — not airlines or the airports themselves.

Collins Aerospace, whose systems help passengers check themselves in, print boarding passes and bag tags and dispatch their luggage from a kiosk, cited a “cyber-related disruption” to its MUSE (Multi-User System Environment) software at “select airports”.

‘A very clever cyberattack’

It was not immediately clear who might be behind the cyberattack, but experts said it could turn out to be hackers, criminal organisations or state actors.

Travel analyst Paul Charles said he was “surprised and shocked” by the attack that has affected one of the world's top aviation and defence companies.

He said "it's deeply worrying that a company of that stature who normally have such resilient systems in place have been affected.”

“This is a very clever cyberattack indeed because it’s affected a number of airlines and airports at the same time — not just one airport or one airline, but they’ve got into the core system that enables airlines to effectively check in many of their passengers at different desks at different airports around Europe,” he told Sky News.

As the day wore on, the fallout appeared to be contained.

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Brussels Airport spokesperson Ihsane Chioua Lekhli told broadcaster VTM that by mid-morning, nine flights had been canceled, four were redirected to another airport and 15 faced delays of an hour or more. She said it wasn’t immediately clear how long the disruptions might last.

Axel Schmidt, head of communications at the Brandenburg airport, said that by late morning, “we don’t have any flights canceled due to this specific reason, but that could change.” The Berlin airport said operators had cut off connections to affected systems.

Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, said the disruption has been “minimal” with no flight cancellations directly linked to the problems afflicting Collins. A spokesperson would not provide details as to how many flights have been delayed as a result of the cyberattack.

The airports advised travelers to check their flight status and apologized for any inconvenience.

Frustration at the counters

Some passengers voiced annoyance at the lack of staff. With many, if not most, checking in individually, airlines have reduced the number of people operating at the traditional check-in counters.

Maria Casey, who was on her way to a two-week backpacking holiday in Thailand with Etihad Airways, said she had to spend three hours at baggage check-in at Heathrow’s Terminal 4.

“They had to write our baggage tabs by hand,” she said. “Only two desks were staffed, which is why we were cheesed off.”

Collins, an aviation and defense technology company that is a subsidiary of RTX Corp., formerly Raytheon Technologies, said it was “actively working to resolve the issue and restore full functionality to our customers as quickly as possible.”

“The impact is limited to electronic customer check-in and baggage drop and can be mitigated with manual check-in operations,” it said in a statement.

Airline industry is vulnerable through the use of third-party platforms

Still, experts said the attack pointed to vulnerabilities — ones that hackers are increasingly trying to exploit.

Charlotte Wilson, head of enterprise at cybersecurity firm Check Point, said the aviation industry has become an “increasingly attractive target” for cybercriminals because of its heavy reliance on shared digital systems.

“These attacks often strike through the supply chain, exploiting third-party platforms that are used by multiple airlines and airports at once,” she said. “When one vendor is compromised, the ripple effect can be immediate and far-reaching, causing widespread disruption across borders.”

Experts said it was too early to tell who might be behind the attack, and were trying to read some clues.

“It looks almost more like vandalism than extortion, based on the information we have,” said James Davenport, a professor of information technology at the University of Bath in England. “I think significant new details would have to emerge to change this view.”

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Donald Trump has turned on US Attorney General Pam Bondi for not yet prosecuting his political rivals in an extraordinary public rebuke on social media.

The US president claimed Bondi's lack of action in pursuing criminal charges against the likes of Senator Adam Schiff, former FBI boss James Comey and New York Attorney Leticia James is "killing our reputation and credibility".

In a message posted to Truth Social directed at his highest-ranking prosecutor, Trump said "nothing is being done" and urged Bondi to bring charges against some of his top adversaries.

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Trump said he has reviewed over 30 statements and posts complaining about Bondi's supposed inaction.

"They're all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done," he wrote.

"They impeached me twice, and indicted me (5 times!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED."

In a follow-up post, Trump softened slightly and described Bondi as a "very careful, very smart" prosecutor but said he needed someone tougher to take on his rivals.

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Trump recommended his former personal attorney Lindsey Halligan, who now serves as a White House aide, as someone who could accomplish this task.

"I will be nominating Lindsey Halligan to be the United States Attorney in this very important part of our Great Country," he added.

"She will be Fair, Smart, and will provide, desperately needed, JUSTICE FOR ALL!"

He later announced Halligan's appointment as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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Trump in July used his platform to defend Bondi against criticism for refusing to make sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's alleged client list public.

"Let Pam Bondi do her job," Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time.

Bondi has not responded publicly to Trump's remarks.

Senator Schiff took to X to after Trump name-checked him in his Bondi spray and said it was a display of "political retaliation and weaponisation".

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Two Rotorua officers went to hospital for treatment. One required surgery.

An investigation is under way after a World Heritage-listed fountain in Melbourne's north was vandalised.

The Hochgurtel Fountain outside the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens was defaced with graffiti and the water was turned bright red, police said.

Red paint was also splashed onto figurines in the middle of the fountain.

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Police allege unknown offenders targeted the fountain on Nicholson Street sometime between 6pm on Friday and 6am today.

City of Melbourne officials were alerted to the vandalism.

A council team has since cleaned the graffiti and drained the red water.

Police are hoping to speak to any witnesses or anyone who was in the area between Friday and today.

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Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

The Hochgurtel Fountain, built in 1880, stands 10-metres tall and was constructed ahead of Melbourne's first international world fair.

It underwent a major restoration in 1994.

The Royal Exhibition Building and the surrounding Carlton Gardens was granted listing as a World Heritage Site in 2004.

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Critics said the doco “Prime Minister” lacks depth into policy decision making.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has touched down in New York City ahead of the UN General Assembly, where he is expected to meet Donald Trump for the first time since the US election.

The PM told reporters at John F Kennedy International Airport that he hoped to boost "increased peace and security and stability around the world" as he arrived on American soil alongside fiancee Jodie Haydon.

"Australia plays an important role. We are a trusted partner and an ally," Albanese said.

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Albanese said his stopover at the UN General Assembly would provide a platform to promote Australia's interests on the global stage.

"We also have particular issues to advance, such as our social media ban, where Australia is leading the world," Albanese added.

It is anticipated the PM will meet Trump face-to-face during his time in NYC, however it remains unlikely the pair will organise an official sit-down.

A potential meeting between the two leaders has been a key topic looming over the first months of Albanese's second term as prime minister.

Any hopes of a meeting upon Albanese's arrival were dashed as Trump will be in Arizona to attend the funeral of Charlie Kirk.

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Albanese has remained coy on the prospect of sitting down with Trump after being asked about it repeatedly since the May election.

When asked by the ABC earlier this week if an official meeting had been scheduled, the PM would not confirm anything was locked in.

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"I gotta tell you as I go around Australia or indeed anywhere else, it is journalists who are obsessed by this," Albanese said of speculation over a potential meeting with Trump.

Albanese is also set to spruik Australia's fresh emissions reduction targets in NYC this week.

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has joined Albanese in the US following his announcement of the federal government's target of cutting emissions by 62 to 70 per cent by 2035.

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OPINION: Triple zero is sacred in this country. We hold dear the ability to reach emergency services when faced with a crisis. Paramedics, police and fire crews are a simple phone call away.

As part of their licence to operate in this country, telecommunications providers must guarantee they can deliver calls to emergency services.

The failure of Optus to provide that essential service is beyond the pale and now tragic in the extreme, with confirmation of a fourth death as a direct result, including an 8-week-old baby boy.

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"Reprehensible" is how a furious South Australian Premier described Optus' actions – not just for the catastrophic triple zero outage, but for failing to keep police and government in the loop in the three affected states and territories – South Australia, West Australia and the Northern Territory.

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas says there was a 'bewildering' lack of information from Optus, with SA Police only given the names and addresses of those who died after the Premier made a direct call to the Optus CEO Stephen Rue. That is shameful.

It's staggering that a routine system upgrade could fail in such a catastrophic way, but it's made even worse by the fact Optus let the country down with a triple zero outage on a much larger scale only two years ago.

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In 2023, more than two thousand people across the country had no access to emergency services after a nationwide outage from Optus, which also failed to conduct welfare checks on hundreds of people who tried but couldn't get through to triple zero.

It was luck more than anything that no one died then.

Not this time.

600 people were not able to call triple zero during this outage, and four families are now grieving loved ones because of this corporate catastrophe.

Optus was fined $12 million dollars after the 2023 network outage and vowed it would never happen again. And here we are.

Optus has many questions to answer.

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Why was there no in-built alarm to alert the telco that the network upgrade had blocked Triple Zero calls? Optus had no idea the system wasn't working and did nothing to fix it for at least 13 hours.

It then took 32 hours for the public to be told.

Normal calls were unaffected, but two people contacted Optus directly hours after the emergency services system was down to alert the telco they couldn't get through.

Those customers were ignored by Optus which failed to escalate their calls.

Australians need to know that every telecommunications provider can function and allow them to reach emergency services in their time of greatest need.

If Optus can't deliver, perhaps it's time to reconsider the telco's licence to operate in this country.

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