SpiceJet under ransomware attack, flights delayed

A host of SpiceJet flights today, on May 25, were delayed after a recent ransomware attack slowed down its operations.

A post by the budget carrier on Twitter mentioned that "certain systems face an attempted ransomware attack" that impacted and slowed down the morning flights:

Several passengers of SpiceJet were left stranded at airports and they raised concerns over the delay which was about two to four hours. They were informed by the ground staff that "the server was down".

Rajasthan BJP state president Satish Poonia who was also taking a SpiceJet flight from Delhi to Varanasi on Wednesday said that his flight SG2950 was scheduled to take off at 6:25 am but the passengers were "stuck" since two hours. He said:

It is strange no official came from SpiceJet to clarify for excess delay, very shameful, gross negligence.

Tweeting around 9:15 am on Wednesday another SpiceJet passenger flying to Srinagar from Delhi said that his flight was scheduled to take off at 6:25 am but there has been no update by the staff. "Poor excuse is server down so cannot take print outs," he said, sharing his plight.

Greenland hospital system also impacted by a massive hacker attack. Greenland officials were forced to restart all IT systems and servers, meaning hospital workers cannot access any patient medical records.