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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust got a scare. Turned on my lap top and went to Flight Aware to check on my sister's flight home.
It came up in RUSSIAN. Of course my first thought was I had been hack by a Russian cyper hacker. So I closed it down and shut off the computer.
I wait a bit then I turned it on again. Went to Flight Aware and it was fine.
There is a button in the top right hand corner where you can change up the language, but Russian isn't one of them.
Although all seems fine, I do have a lingering anxiety that I have been hacked.
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Just got a scare. Turned on my lap top and went to Flight Aware to check on my sister's flight home. (Original Post)
Fla Dem
Jan 2024
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viva la
(4,543 posts)1. The site might have been hacked.
I've seen that happen-- suddenly there's a burst of Russian text, flashing like crazy.
I hope shutting down works. I always worry.
TwilightZone
(28,836 posts)2. Russian is an option.
It's listed as "русский"
It looks like there's an issue with the default language when one goes to the page, so it's nothing on your end. Mine defaulted to German.
Fla Dem
(27,480 posts)3. Thanks for the info and reassurance.