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Mullin: No indication of ‘nefarious attack’ on FAA as DHS investigates root cause of telecom outage

Mullin: No indication of ‘nefarious attack’ on FAA as DHS investigates root cause of telecom outage

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Summary

A telecommunications outage affected the Federal Aviation Administration and led the government to ground flights. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no indication of a malicious attack and that DHS would investigate the outage’s cause; he said Americans flying Friday were safe.

Key Facts

  • A telecommunications outage affected the FAA.
  • The government grounded flights because of the outage.
  • DHS is investigating the outage’s root cause.
  • Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no indication of a malicious attack.
  • Mullin said Americans flying Friday were safe.
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