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No Signs of Hacking in FAA Ground Stop as FBI Reportedly Probes Software Update
Why it’s here: A nationwide FAA ground stop with federal officials (DHS, FBI, CISA, NSA) investigating whether a software update or legacy equipment caused it is a federal cyber/infrastructure policy story with a national-security angle, though the core is a technical outage and FAA system modernization rather than a clear tech-policy fight.
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YesterdaySecurityWeekNo Signs of Hacking in FAA Ground Stop as FBI Reportedly Probes Software UpdateOfficials see no sign of a cyberattack behind the FAA's nationwide ground stop, while the FBI reportedly probes whether a software update to the agency's legacy communications network caused the outage.1 outletCyberDuffy blames L3Harris router for FAA nationwide ground stop, seeks funding37 linked
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- L3Harris
- FBI
- Microsoft
- Department of Defense
- CISA
- Department of Homeland Security
- Markwayne Mullin
- National Security Agency
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Sean Duffy