{"id":20830,"date":"2022-05-25T16:45:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T11:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=20830"},"modified":"2022-05-25T16:45:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T11:15:47","slug":"ransomware-targeted-spicejet-airlines-slowed-down-departures-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/25\/ransomware-targeted-spicejet-airlines-slowed-down-departures-latest-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware targeted SpiceJet airlines; Slowed down departures | Latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SpiceJet has told&#8221;flights are working normally now&#8221;, but several passengers tweeted that they are still stuck<\/strong>.<strong>SpiceJet pointed to an &#8220;attempted ransomware attack&#8221; as several of its flights were postponed and hundreds of passengers were stranded at various airports this morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the air carrier said its IT team has &#8220;rectified the situation and flights are working normally now&#8221;, a passenger tweeted a video, telling that they have been stuck for almost four hours now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604.jpg 948w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><figcaption><strong>SpiceJet | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After passengers slammed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spicejet.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SpiceJet <\/a>on social media after their flights were postponed this morning, the air carrier put out a statement. &#8220;Certain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spicejet.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SpiceJet <\/a>systems faced an attempted ransomware attack last night that affected and delayed down morning flight departures today. Our IT team has contained and rectified the situation and flights are operating normally now,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spicejet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">SpiceJet <\/a>tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-spicejet-tweeted\">SpiceJet tweeted <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ImportantUpdate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ImportantUpdate<\/a>: Certain SpiceJet systems faced an attempted ransomware attack last night that impacted and slowed down morning flight departures today. Our IT team has contained and rectified the situation and flights are operating normally now.<\/p>&mdash; SpiceJet (@flyspicejet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flyspicejet\/status\/1529296241305460736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A Twitter user Mudit Shejwar, who had earlier flagged the postponement of his flight to Dharamshala,\u00a0tweeted in reply to SpiceJet&#8217;s clarification that they were still stuck and that it has been almost four hours since they have been sitting inside the plane without any food.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Operating normally?? We are stuck here since 3 hrs and 45 mins? Neither cancelling nor operating, sitting in the flight not even the airport. No breakfast, no response! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dAfdIjzVzH\">pic.twitter.com\/dAfdIjzVzH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mudit Shejwar (@mudit_shejwar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mudit_shejwar\/status\/1529312939152355328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-we-are-stuck-here-for-3-hrs-and-45-mins\">We are stuck here for 3 hrs and 45 mins? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;Operating normally?? We are stuck here for 3 hrs and 45 mins? Neither revoking nor working, sitting in the flight, not even the airport. No breakfast, no reply!&#8221; he wrote and shared a video shot inside the aircraft.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-several-other-passengers-took-to-twitter-to-slam\">Several other passengers took to Twitter to slam  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Several other passengers took to Twitter to slam the airline for the shoddy service as flights across several parts of the country failed to take off. Some of them told they have been waiting at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Extremely poor customer service by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flyspicejet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@flyspicejet<\/a>. My flight to Srinagar SG 473 scheduled at 6.25AM from delhi today is still at the airport. Staff has no clue and poor excuse is server down so cannot take print outs. Passengers are suffering. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JM_Scindia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JM_Scindia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoCA_GoI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MoCA_GoI<\/a> please help us..<\/p>&mdash; \u0938\u094c\u0930\u092d \u0917\u094b\u092f\u0932 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@sourabh_goyal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sourabh_goyal\/status\/1529307911985319939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Extremely poor customer service by fly Spicejet. My flight to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Srinagar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Srinagar <\/a>SG 473 scheduled at 6.25 AM from Delhi today is still at the airport. The Staff has no clue and the poor excuse is &#8216;server down&#8217; so cannot take printouts. Passengers are suffering.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>A passenger waiting at West Bengal&#8217;s Bagdogra airport shared a photograph of his fractured leg and told them they are still waiting for the take-off.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flyspicejet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@flyspicejet<\/a> we were supposed to depart from IXB at 9 am today and there are still no updates from anyone. <br>Worst part we boarded the flight and then this update came when the attack was last night and my wife is here with me with fractured leg waiting in vain <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UBZmxCaWCu\">pic.twitter.com\/UBZmxCaWCu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Himanshu Maheshwari (@himannshum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/himannshum\/status\/1529322879749341184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-airport-authority-of-india\"> Airport Authority of India <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some users also asked if the delays were a result of &#8220;non-payments&#8221; &#8211; a few days ago, the Air Traffic Control stopped SpiceJet flights from taking off from Delhi airport after the airline did not make payments to the Airport Authority of India (AAI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The AAI, which manages airports across the country, put SpiceJet on &#8220;cash and carry&#8221; mode in 2020 after its failure to clear airport dues.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay updated with aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join our <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Telegram group<\/a> for the latest updates<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpiceJet has told&#8221;flights are working normally now&#8221;, but several passengers tweeted that they are still stuck.SpiceJet pointed to an &#8220;attempted ransomware attack&#8221; as several of its flights were postponed and hundreds of passengers were stranded at various airports this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[152,79,393,171,1624,778,6042,446,582,2994,1279],"class_list":{"0":"post-20830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-airlines","9":"tag-aviation","10":"tag-aviation-news","11":"tag-delhi","12":"tag-passenger-flights","13":"tag-passengers","14":"tag-ransomware","15":"tag-spicejet","16":"tag-spicejet-airlines","17":"tag-srinagar","18":"tag-tweet"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20831,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20830\/revisions\/20831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}