PA systems, screens hacked at 3 Canadian airports Tuesday evening: officials
Posted on: Oct 15, 2025 19:16 IST | Posted by: Cbc
2 B.C. Airports say their public call and flight of stairs info displays systems were hacked by a thirdly party Tuesday evening.
Kelowna International Airport and Victoria International Airport confirmed the incidents in emailed statements. Transport Canada said it was aware of those hacks, along with another incident at Windsor International Airport.
"Transport Canada is working closely with federal security partners, including law enforcement, to ensure there were no impacts on the safety and security of airport operations and to mitigate disruption from similar incidents in the future," a statement from the federal agency read.
Kelowna International Airport says it is investigating the hack of its systems. Several several media users said they saw and heard pro-Hamas and anti-Trump messages at the airport in B.C.'s Okanagan.
He said pro-Hamas and anti-Trump messages were briefly announced over the PA system and displayed on screens.
Elchitz said the PA system was fixed after around 20 seconds while it took a few minutes for the images to be removed from the displays.
He said a few flights were delayed at the airport, but things returned to normal on Tuesday night and they expected a full day of operations on Wednesday.
"And obviously we want to make sure that whatever security loopholes that existed within those systems are shut down completely so this doesn't happen again."
A spokesperson for Victoria International Airport wrote in an email that only its PA system was hacked. They said loudspeakers use a cloud-based external system "used by many airports worldwide."
The spokesperson wrote that someone externally uploaded a "file containing unauthorized audio content" that played on the loudspeakers for "a few minutes."
"Our operations team responded immediately and successfully stopped the broadcast," the spokesperson wrote in an email. "There were no operational disruptions, delays or cancellations."
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