Japan News and other Headlines are automatically updated constantly as they break.
VOA News | Thursday, December 26, 2024
Japan Airlines suffers delays after carrier reports cyberattack
TOKYO — Japan Airlines reported a cyberattack on Thursday that caused delays to domestic and international flights but later said it had found and addressed the cause. The airline, Japan’s second biggest after All Nippon Airways (ANA), said 24 domestic flights had been delayed by more than half an hour. Public broadcaster NHK said problems with the airline’s baggage check-in system had caused delays at several Japanese airports but no major disruption was reported. “We identified and addressed the cause of the issue. We are checking the system recovery status,” Japan Airlines (JAL) said in a post on social media platform X. “Sales for both domestic and international flights departing today have been suspended. We apologize for any inconvenience caused,” the post said. A JAL spokesperson told AFP earlier the company had been subjected to a cyberattack. Japanese media said it may have been a so-called DDoS attack aimed at overwhelming and disrupting a website or server. Network disruption began at 7:24 a.m. Thursday (2224 GMT Wednesday), JAL said in a statement, adding that there was no impact on the safety of its operations. Then “at 8:56 a.m., we temporarily isolated the router (a device for exchanging data between networks) that was causing the disruption,” it said. – Report on January collision – JAL shares fell as much as…Read more
♦ Blogs
♦ Bargain Shopping Directory
♦ Business Listings Directory
♦ Podcasts
♦ Press Release Promotions
♦ Radio: Featuring News by Patrick O’Neil
♦ Weekly Business Highlights
Why patrickoneil.com Newsrooms are Unique
Founded by our president – an experienced Radio Broadcaster and Journalist of award winning work, this website’s news pages connect our users to continuous breaking news in specified categories, collated from reputable media – locally, nationally and globally. You can confidently visit this and our other hundreds of news pages often, to quickly read automatically updated headlines and news briefs from up to 25 media sources in each newsroom. Users may also find bargains from promotions on our site including advertisements and our soon to be launched “Bargains Shopping Directory“. Learn more from About Us…
Broadcasting Standard
Copyright © 2002-2024 Patrick O’Neil Media Network Inc. / Promotions via Internet, Print, Radio & Television. All rights reserved.