Kelowna International Airport says it is investigating after a third party hacked into its public address system and flight information display systems Tuesday night.
Several media users said they saw and heard pro-Hamas and anti-Trump messages at the Okanagan airport in British Columbia.
Phillip Elchitz, the airport’s director of operations and innovation, told CBC News that “a third party gained access” to the flight information display system at the airport and the public address system in the terminal building.
He He said pro-Hamas and anti-Trump messages were briefly announced over the public address system and displayed on screens.
Elchitz said the public address system was fixed after about 20 seconds, while it took a few minutes for the images to clear from the screens.
He said some flights were delayed at the airport, but things were back to normal Tuesday night and they were expecting a full day of operations Wednesday.
“We are working with our service providers to better understand how these files ended up on these screens and on the public address system,” he told CBC News.
“And obviously we want to make sure that any security loopholes that existed within those systems are completely closed so that this doesn’t happen again.”
Elchitz He said he believed other airports may have been affected as well.
CBC News has contacted Transport Canada for comment.
