Jeppesen Hit With Computer Attack

Resq5hvy

https://liveandletsfly.com/boeing-jeppesen-ransomware-attack/

This is impacting NOTAM service to at least 1 major airline.

jacobsja

Probably had a wider effect than at least one major airline. ForeFlight pushed a warning about currency of NOTAMs.

Not exactly the type of software notification a pilot wants to see in an area known for frequent pop-up TFRs.

Resq5hvy

We are fully operational today, NOTANs and RAIM checks are working. Along with all weather products.

@jacobsja

I would expect it to have impacted more than just the airline I retired from and wife still works for in flight ops DX but the ops dept at other carriers did not have anything to say when asked. Jeppesen supplies our upper level winds and we can work from a forecast that is up to 24 hours old. Other carriers can use older winds so they may not have noticed.

Then the fun began, entering the winds by hand. We took a handful of delays, no one ran out of gas mid-flight so it was, safe, legal and fewer than 1000 flight crew members and dispatchers punched walls or used a table leg to reboot the computer.

empannin

JDM for updating charts and navigators is generally working but the Jepp site is still down hard and not allowing logins, renewals, etc.