SpiceJet faces ransomware attack, flight operations normal now

Morning flights of budget carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday were affected as its systems suffered an attempted ransomware attack on Tuesday night.

The company informed about the issue on its official Twitter handle and updated that the situation has been 'contained and rectified' and the 'flights are operating normally now'.

"Certain SpiceJet systems faced an attempted ransomware attack last night that impacted and slowed down morning flight departures today. Our IT team has contained and rectified the situation and flights are operating normally now," SpiceJet said in a tweet.

"Some flights to airports where there are restrictions on night operations have been cancelled. SpiceJet is in touch with experts and cyber crime authorities on the issue," it added.

Earlier in the day, the airline had said that the ransomware attack slowed down morning flight departures but the airline's IT team rectified the situation and flights were operating normally.