Hawaiian Airlines hit by cyber attack


FILE PHOTO: Hawaiian Airlines airplanes on the runway at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Garcia/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hawaiian Airlines said on Thursday that some of its IT systems were disrupted by a hack, adding its flights were operating as scheduled.

In a statement, Hawaiian Airlines said “some of our IT systems” had been affected by a “cybersecurity event.” The nature of the event was not disclosed, but that kind of language is typically used in cases of ransomware incidents, where digital extortionists paralyze a victim's computer network until a cryptocurrency ransom is paid.

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