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Hundreds stranded after ransomware attack on Indian airline

Budget Indian carrier SpiceJet has said a ransomware attack was to blame for flight delays and cancellations that left hundreds of passengers stranded on their planes.

NEW DELHI: Hundreds of Indian air travellers were stranded inside their planes after the low-cost airline SpiceJet cancelled or delayed flights due to an “attempted ransomware attack”, the company has said.

Many angry passengers, some of whom were left waiting inside their planes for up to five hours earlier this week, complained about a lack of communication from the budget carrier.

“Certain SpiceJet systems faced an attempted ransomware attack last night that impacted our flight operations,” the airline said Wednesday on Twitter.

The company added that it had “to…

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