FAA finds no hacking signs in nationwide ground stop
Original title: No Signs of Hacking in FAA Ground Stop as FBI Reportedly Probes Software Update
The November 13 stop lasted over four hours, disrupted thousands of flights, and investigators are examining a software update.
US officials say they have found no evidence that hackers caused the FAA's November 13 nationwide ground stop. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin called the failure mechanical, while saying a cyberattack has not been fully ruled out. Bloomberg reported that the FBI does not believe a cyberattack or crime was involved and that investigators are examining a software update. No official root cause has been announced.
Unconfirmed: No official root cause has been announced; the software-update theory comes from an unnamed Bloomberg source, and Mullin has not fully ruled out a cyberattack.
- The ground stop was lifted at 8:15 pm ET after more than four hours.
- Sean Duffy said flooded switches and routers produced inconsistent information.
- CBS reported the outage followed an update to an L3Harris network.
- Officials said a Microsoft outage and FAA AI systems were unrelated.
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