Sunwing Airlines cyberattack

Sunwing Airlines says it has been able to subcontract other carriers to help clear a backlog of stranded passengers after a cyber breach at one of its ...

He said Tuesday that any passenger whose flight has been delayed by more than three hours would receive financial compensation. Passengers who have been stranded or had their holidays truncated or cancelled because of the problem have criticized the airline for not communicating well. The airline said that it continues to manually check in passengers for their flights and is working to do so as quickly as possible.

Sunwing delays are stretching into their fourth day after a third-party system the airline uses was hacked, according to the CEO.

“A system that is up and running all the time, which never fails, was hacked,” Williams told CP24. “They had a cyber-breach, and they’ve been unable to get the system up.” In an interview with CP24, Sunwing Airline CEO, Mark Williams, said the system that the airline uses for check-ins and boarding was “breached.” Earlier on Tuesday, the airline tweeted that they were manually checking people in for all flights. Williams told CP24 that because of the sensitive information that could’ve been breached, government agencies want to be positive that the breach has been fixed before resuming operations.

A technical problem at Sunwing Airlines that continues to ground flights is being blamed on a data security breach at the company's third-party provider.

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A data security breach is being blamed for the ongoing travel chaos being endured by Sunwing passengers.

“As a precaution, we have taken some systems offline to secure our environment. We’ve also sub-chartered aircraft from other carriers, including @WestJet, @airtransat and @nolinoraviation, to help support our flight operations.” Article content

Sunwing Airlines passengers have now entered day four of an absolute shi*t-show that's left them stranded at airports both in Canada and abroad due...

"We are also actively working with other air carriers to source additional aircraft to help relieve the backlog in certain destinations. Thank you for your patience and understanding." I flew from the arctic to Toronto and my 5 day trip has turned into 3. "A system that is up and running all the time, which never fails, was hacked," he said Tuesday night. Now, as we sit staring at what we assume is our plane and see online we are further delayed! My flight from Toronto to Cuba has been pushed from this morning till tomorrow morning 4 times.

A data security breach is being blamed for the ongoing travel chaos being endured by Sunwing passengers.

“As a precaution, we have taken some systems offline to secure our environment. We’ve also sub-chartered aircraft from other carriers, including @WestJet, @airtransat and @nolinoraviation, to help support our flight operations.” Article content