Japan Airlines announced that was restored the smooth operation of systems of and resumed the ticket sales for same-day flights, after the cyber attack caused problems, particularly in baggage handling and sales, delaying some domestic and international flights.

According to the company, the attack began at 07:24 (local time; 00:24 Greek time) and affected internal and external IT systems. Its staff had to disable a router that was causing problems on its network, and it was also forced to temporarily suspend ticket sales for today’s flights.

No details of any of her clients were leaked and no contamination of the systems was found of viruses, reassured JAL anyway.

ANA Holdings, Japan’s largest airline, announced for its part that it had not detected any attack on its own systems.

“We can confirm that we received a cyber attack and we are dealing with the situation,” a spokeswoman for Japan’s second-largest carrier told AFP earlier.

Problems with the company’s baggage registration and handling system delayed more than ten flights at various Japanese airports, NHK television reported, but did not cause a major problem.

According to the Kyodo news agency, at least 14 domestic flights they were late up to an hour, while some international flights were also affected.

The cyber attack on JAL was added to a series of similar actions targeting public bodies or large companies in the Asian country.

In late 2023, the Japanese space agency (JAXA) announced that it had suffered a cyber attack.

In July of the same year, the port of Nagoya (center), the archipelago’s largest in terms of traffic, was paralyzed by a ransomware attack attributed to the Russophobic hacking group LockBit.

The Japanese Cyber ​​Security Agency (NISC) was also breached by hacker on its systems for a period possibly as long as nine months, according to Japanese media.

In February 2022, the world’s largest car manufacturer, Toyota, was forced to suspend all production in the country for a day due to a cyber attack on a supplier.

Most recently, the popular Japanese video game site Niconico was forced to temporarily suspend its services in July due to a large-scale cyberattack, according to the company that manages it.

On the other side of the Pacific, earlier this week American Airlines grounded all its planes for about an hour, disrupting travel for thousands of people on Christmas Eve, due to a technical problem with its network hardware.