Ransom infection damage caused by refueling at Japan Airport

Ransom infection damage caused by refueling at Japan Airport-No impact on aircraft refueling operations
Japan Airport Refueling (JAFS), which provides aircraft refueling services, revealed that the server was infected with ransomware by unauthorized access. There is no impact on the refueling business.

According to the company, a failure occurred in the company's network from the early morning of June 21, and an investigation revealed that the server was infected with ransomware due to unauthorized access and the data was encrypted. thing.

The attacker said that he was requested to pay cryptographic assets (virtual currency) on the condition of data recovery in the server. However, there was no mention of data theft.

Details such as the type of ransomware and the existence of personal information and confidential information inside the server were not disclosed, and no comment was obtained as it is currently under investigation.

The company reports to the competent authorities and consults with the police. We are continuing to investigate. In addition, the impact of this failure on the company's refueling service has been denied, including related operations.