No Signs of Hacking in FAA Ground Stop as FBI Reportedly Probes Software Update
US officials have found no evidence that hackers caused the outage that led the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to halt flight departures nationwide on Friday, and the FBI is reportedly examining whether a software update was responsible.
The FAA issued the ground stop on November 13 after a communications problem hit its air route traffic control centers. The order was lifted at 8:15 p.m. ET, more than four hours later, after disrupting thousands of flights. Departures have since resumed, though officials expect delays to continue for several days.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told reporters at the White House that the incident did not appear to be the result of a cyberattack, and that the failure appeared to be mechanical.
On the absence of attack indicators, Mullin said “there’s no chatter, we haven’t seen any footprints.”
He stopped short of dismissing the possibility entirely. “However, we’re still looking, so we’re...
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