Pro-Hamas hackers hijack airport loudspeakers across North America, spew anti-Trump, Netanyahu slurs causing delays

Passengers at airports in Pennsylvania and British Columbia were stunned Tuesday when loudspeakers suddenly blasted pro-Hamas messages and slurs against President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Videos posted by travelers showed the unauthorized recordings echoing through terminals at Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania and Kelowna International Airport in Canada.Screens at Kelowna also flashed messages praising Hamas and calling for “Free Palestine,” according to officials and witnesses.Airport authorities said the digital break-ins targeted both public address systems and flight information displays — a form of cyber-vandalism that disrupted boarding and startled passengers but caused no flight safety issues.At Harrisburg, “an unauthorized user gained access to the airport PA system and played an unauthorized recorded message,” airport spokesperson Scott Miller said in a statement to CNN affiliate WGAL.“The message was political in nature and did not contain any threats against the airport, our tenants, airlines, or passengers.”Miller said the system was quickly shut off and police opened an investigation.One flight already boarding was searched “out of an abundance of caution,” and “no security issues were found,” he said.The plane later departed safely.Kelowna officials confirmed a similar breach roughly 2,000 miles away.In a statement shared with CNN, the airport stated that a third party accessed both its flight information display screens and PA system.“We are experiencing some delayed flights,” the release read.“Free Palestine” chants could be heard in a passenger’s video reviewed by CNN.“Nobody informed us what was going on, there was no crisis response.

Everyone was just really confused,” the traveler told the network.Images posted on social media showed airport screens displaying pro-Hamas slogans before staff disabled the feed.Kelowna airport said the unauthorized messages were deleted...