LIVE: Manchester Airport website goes down as Russian 'hackers' claim responsibility

A cyberattack brought down Manchester Airport's website, with a Russian group claiming responsibility. The website was unavailable this afternoon (October 30).

Operations at the airport, including flights, are unaffected by the incident and passengers are not expected to face disruption as a result of it. It comes as the Russian group UserSec claims to be targeting UK airports in a series of attacks today.

The group says Manchester Airport is the first which it is targeting. In a post on Telegram, the group claims the site will be down until 8.30pm Moscow time (5.30pm in Manchester), but the site was back up and running by 4.15pm UK time.

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The source of the cyberattack has not been confirmed by Manchester Airport. It's understood the National Cyber Security Centre is looking into the attack.

UserSec, alongside another named Anonymous Russia, claimed to be behind a series of cyberattacks on UK airports earlier this year. Both London City Airport and Birmingham Airport saw their websites go down on July 19.

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Manchester Airport's website is still working as normal, following the earlier cyberattack.

It went live again by 4.15pm following the incident, despite UserSec claiming to be targeting it until 5.30pm UK time.

The National Cyber Security Centre has been approached for comment.

It's understood the National Cyber Security Centre is looking into the attack on Manchester Airport's website.

It comes as the group claiming responsibility says other