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Japan fears cyber attack! Passengers face increased inconvenience due to flight delays, ticket sales banned

  A cyber attack took place in Japan on Thursday morning. The cyber attack took place on the server of Japan Airlines, Japan's second largest airline. After this, Japan Airlines has banned the sale of tickets. Japan Airlines said on Thursday that some domestic and international flights may be delayed due to the cyber attack. The company also said that it has temporarily shut down the router due to which the system failed.

Ban on ticket sales
In addition, the sale of tickets for flights departing on Thursday has also been banned. This cyber attack took place at 7:24 am local time. This has affected both the company's internal and external systems.

We have understood the seriousness of the situation and are making efforts to fix the system.
- Japan Airlines

ANA Holdings, another major Japanese airline, said that there is no sign of a cyber attack on its systems and that its services are functioning smoothly. ANA Holdings is considered a rival of Japan Airlines.

Cyber ​​attack on Japan Airlines
Just before Christmas, American Airlines had stopped all its flights for an hour due to a technical problem in its network hardware. This affected thousands of passengers.

Air India was also attacked
In February 2021, a cyber attack was also carried out on Air India's server. During this, data of about 45 lakh passengers was stolen. Air India had issued a statement in this regard in May 2021 and admitted to the cyber attack.

Along with this, an attempt was made to launch a cyber attack on the internal computer system of the Indian Air Force in February 2024. But the hackers could not succeed in this. Hackers used open source malware created with the help of Google's programming language for the cyber attack.
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