Hundreds more flights cancelled in fallout from #UK air #traffic #control #failure

source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/29/air-passengers-face-further-delays-after-uk-air-traffic-control-failure

“Our systems, both primary and the backups, responded by suspending automatic processing to ensure that no incorrect safety-related information could be presented to an air traffic controller or impact the rest of the air traffic #system. There are no indications that this was a cyber-attack.”

So just crappy #software that was cheaply cobbled together without #security.

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