Concerns raised over biometric e-gates’ reliability as UK glitch is resolved

On Tuesday, major UK airports such as Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, and Edinburgh all verified that delays in arrivals were being caused by a problem with Border Force’s biometric checks.

AFP writes that officials ruled out a cyberattack as the cause of the disruption, despite earlier rumors.

Despite the issue which caused huge delays at biometric border control gates being resolved, the chair of the Lords Committee on Justice and Home Affairs, Lord Foster of Bath finds the outage deeply concerning. …

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