Japan Airlines hit by cyberattack, causing some delays to its flights

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Japan Airlines (JAL) said on Thursday (Dec 26) it was hit by a cyberattack that caused delays to some domestic and international flights.  The attack began at 7:24 a.m. (2224 GMT) and affected the company's internal and external systems, JAL said.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Japan Airlines said on Thursday it was hit by a cyber attack that caused delays to some

00:08domestic and international flights.

00:11The attack began at 7.24 a.m. and affected the company's internal and external systems.

00:19The company said it temporarily shut down a router that was causing system malfunctions

00:25and also suspended ticket sales for flights departing on Thursday.

00:30ANA, Japan's other major air carrier, saw no signs of an attack on its systems, a spokesperson

00:37said.

00:38Earlier this week, U.S. carrier American Airlines briefly grounded all flights for an hour,

00:45disrupting travel for thousands on Christmas Eve due to a technical glitch involving its

00:51network hardware.

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