
The director of the Civil Aviation Authority, Maksim Et'hemaj, said that if hackers attack the TIMS system at Rinas airport again, there will be a maximum of 7 times less capacity.
In an interview for "Euronews Albania", Et'hemaj clarified that this means that in the passport control, people will be delayed 7 times more and will have 7 times more chance of missing their flight.
" Every kind of activity we do, we do it with the question of what happens if?" What happens if hackers attack the TIMS system again, what happens if the airport system is hacked. If hackers attack the TIMS system again, the capacity will drop, 7 times, 5 times or 3 times, it depends on what the attack is. But I say, maximum 7 times less capacity. This means that at passport control, we will delay people 7 times longer.
Delay 7 times more means they are 7 times more likely to miss the plane. How is this resolved? Notifying people in time to come to the airport faster. All systems are manual plan. We are now approaching the full implementation of the online check-in system. If the airport system goes down, the impact will be minimal ", declared Et'hemaj.