Congressman calls on CISA to investigate air travel vulnerabilities after outage

Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-NY) is calling for federal agencies to investigate cybersecurity vulnerabilities in all systems underpinning air travel after a technical glitch last week crippled flights across the country. 

Thousands of flights were delayed or canceled last Wednesday, but both the White House and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg were quick to tamp down concerns that the issues were caused by a cyberattack. 

At my direction, FAA is continuing its system review. Preliminary work has traced the issue to a …

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