US: telecommunications failure halted departures and there are no signs of a threat, Homeland Security says
US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there is no reason to suspect a national security threat behind the communications disruption that grounded all flights in the country, though he did not rule out any cause, including a cyberattack. He said it was "a telecommunications failure" and that it is not related to the previous day's global Microsoft outage. He said Trump was briefed and that American Airlines expects disruptions for the rest of the day.
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- Mullin said there are "no signs" of a malicious attack and described the incident as "a telecommunications failure".
- The official did not rule out any cause of the incident, including a cyberattack.
- He said the failure is not related to the previous day's global Microsoft outage.
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