How techies used logic bomb to cripple Delhi airport

Bengaluru: Three months ago, three techies who work in Bangalore created quite a scare when they disabled the Common Use Passengers Processing System which led to delays in the flights at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The techies, who are residents of Delhi , but work in Bangalore, crippled the system with a technique known as logic bombing. The techies, one of who is a woman, were arrested on November 16, are out on bail, even as the Central Bureau of Investigation continues to probe the matter.
At first it was being construed as a terrorist attack, but investigations have made it clear on Monday that these persons were demanding higher wages, and when they were refused, they resorted to logic bombing.
This is an embarrassing case for the Central agencies, since all the employees work in an IT firm which is sponsored by the Central government. Moreover, these persons were also involved in the project to set up the CUPPS, which was installed at Terminal 3 of the airport in New Delhi.
As a result, all passengers had to be manually checked in instead of an automated check.
21/11/11 Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com

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Categories: airports Nov 2011, Safety Nov 2011