FAA Says Contractor Unintentionally Triggered System Outage

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“The agency has so far found no evidence of a cyberattack or malicious intent,” the FAA told the publication. The agency has also reportedly fixed deficiencies in the system and adapted it to make it capable of withstanding such errors in the future.


The FAA’s initial assessment of the problem last week was that “a data file was damaged by personnel who failed to follow procedures.”


More than 2,500 flights within, into and out of the United States were delayed as a result of the system failure, according to FlightAware. The outage caused the FAA to pause all domestic departures for nearly two hours.


The airlines and Department of Transportation rushed to provide updates on the situation. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said at the time that the FAA was working to resolve the problem as soon as possible so that air traffic could resume normal operations.

FAA Says Contractor Unintentionally Triggered System Outage That Suspended Thousands of Flights | National Review

The FAA reportedly has fixed deficiencies in the NOTAM system to make it capable of withstanding such errors in the future.

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[Gilligan]

ha ha haaa....I'm reminded of the scene in "Airport" where the guy unplugs the runway lights....

 

[Sneakers]

My newsfeed says that multiple files were unintentionally deleted.

 

[Kyle]

My newsfeed says that multiple files were unintentionally deleted.

And yet somehow the Feds porn directory was still on the server.

 

[Kyle]

ha ha haaa....I'm reminded of the scene in "Airport" where the guy unplugs the runway lights....

 

[PeoplesElbow]

And yet somehow the Feds porn directory was still on the server.

Thats because everyone keeps a personal copy of that one.

 

[Tech]

The FAA’s initial assessment of the problem last week was that “a data file was damaged by personnel who failed to follow procedures.”

Wasn't the NMCI attacked the same way about 15 years ago? Someone used a free thumb drive without scanning prior to usage. They shortly disabled all ports on the workstations.

 

[DaSDGuy]

Thats because everyone keeps a personal copy of that one.

SharePoint

 

[jrt_ms1995]

My newsfeed says that multiple files were unintentionally deleted.

rm *

 

[PeoplesElbow]

ShitPoint

FIFY

 

[PeoplesElbow]

The FAA’s initial assessment of the problem last week was that “a data file was damaged by personnel who failed to follow procedures.”

Wasn't the NMCI attacked the same way about 15 years ago? Someone used a free thumb drive without scanning prior to usage. They shortly disabled all ports on the workstations.

I don't remember any ports ever being disabled. I do remember some crazy stuff that came out of some peoples mouths though such as "You can't use a re-writable CD"