Japan Airlines System Recovers After Cyberattack Delays Flight

JAL ensures that no customer information is leaked during the cyber attack incident (photo: x @JAL_Official_jp)

JAKARTA Japan Airlines (JAL) announced that their system had returned to normal on Thursday, December 26, after cyberattacks caused delays in some domestic and international flights. Ticket sales on the same day have also been continued.

This attack began at 07.24 local time and had an impact on JAL's internal and external systems. According to the company's official statement, the router who was malfunctioning due to the attack was temporarily disabled, resulting in the temporary suspension of ticket sales for flights departing that day.

JAL ensured that no customer information was leaked during the incident. In addition, the company was also not damaged by the computer virus.

Meanwhile, ANA Holdings, another major airline in Japan, reported no sign of an attack on their system.

Elsewhere, American Airlines had stopped all flights for an hour on Christmas Eve due to technical problems in network hardware, which caused travel disruptions to thousands of passengers.