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FAA blames ‘damaged database file’ for outage

By Brady Knox
Published January 12, 2023 4:32am ET
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FAA blames ‘damaged database file’ for outage
A massive Federal Aviation Administration outage on Wednesday was blamed on a “damaged database file.” The FAA dismissed speculation that the outage was caused by a cyberattack, saying they had found no evidence indicating as much. The sudden outage of its Notice to Air Missions system, which sends safety notifications to pilots, temporarily grounded all […]

A massive Federal Aviation Administration outage on Wednesday was blamed on a “damaged database file.”

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