Japan Airlines reports cyber attack, flights may be impacted

(FILES) This photo taken on August 24, 2024 shows a Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner passenger jet (C) sitting at a gate at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda. Japan Airlines on December 26, 2024 reported a cyber attack which it said could impact flights, without offering further details. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)

Tokyo, Japan — Japan Airlines on Thursday reported a cyber attack which it said could impact flights, without offering further details.

“We can confirm that we have been subjected to a cyber attack and are addressing the situation,” a Japan Airlines spokeswoman told AFP.

“It is likely to have an impact on flight operations moving forward,” she said.

“There is a possibility that delays and cancellations may occur,” the spokeswoman added, but said the carrier was not yet able to give details on specific delays.

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Japan Airlines (JAL) — the country’s second-biggest airline after All Nippon Airways (ANA) — is just the latest Japanese company to be hit by a cyber attack.

In 2022, the government said a cyber attack was behind disruption at a Toyota supplier that forced the top-selling automaker to halt operations at domestic plants for a day.

More recently, the popular Japanese video-sharing website Niconico suspended its services in June because it was under a large-scale cyberattack, its operator said.