Japan Airlines Suffers Router Disruption from High-Volume Traffic Attack, Temporarily Halting Same-Day Ticket Sales

According to Security NEXT, on the morning of December 26, 2024, Japan Airlines experienced router malfunctions connecting internal and external networks due to a massive influx of external traffic ^[1]. The incident caused delays to several flights and temporarily halted same-day domestic and international ticket sales, which resumed after the issue was resolved ^[1]. Japan Airlines stated that there was no customer data breach or malware infection and that flight safety was unaffected ^[1].

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Japan Airlines stated that there was no customer data breach or malware infection and that flight safety was unaffected ^[1].