Rome, November 14 (LaPresse) – US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stated at a press conference that an old telecommunications system could be one of the causes, at least partially, of yesterday’s total nationwide air traffic disruption. Duffy then stated that “it does not appear to have been a cyberattack,” CNN reports. “At at least one remote Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) site, a contractor was performing routine maintenance to replace old copper wire telecommunications lines with fiber optic cables,” Duffy explained. “The cable was so old that it had been decommissioned, which meant that the line would be permanently shut down. That’s why we had to replace it,” he added, specifying that it was a “simple and routine” operation, which has been performed across the country for decades.
United States, Duffy rules out cyberattack: “Cause of flight disruption appears to be old telecommunications system”
Rome, November 14 (LaPresse) – US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stated at a press conference that an old telecommunications system could be one of the causes, at least partially, of yesterday’s total nationwide air traffic disruption. Duffy then stated that “it does not appear to have been a cyberattack,” CNN reports. “At at least one remote Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) site, a contractor was performing routine maintenance to replace old copper wire telecommunications lines with fiber optic cables,” Duffy explained. “The cable was so old that it had been decommissioned, which meant that the line would be permanently shut down. That’s why we had to replace it,” he added, specifying that it was a “simple and routine” operation, which has been performed across the country for decades.