UK News: Britain denies 'cyber attack' due to disturbances in airspace, hundreds of flights canceled due to this

UK News: Britain's government said on Tuesday (29 August) that the country's nationwide air traffic control system was not caused by a cyber attack but by a technical fault with flight control operator National Air Traffic Services. Hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled in Britain on Monday due to a fault in the air traffic control system.

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UK News: Britain denies 'cyber attack' due to disturbances in airspace, hundreds of flights canceled due to this

Britain's government said on Tuesday (29 August) that the country's nationwide air traffic control system was not caused by a cyber attack but by a technical fault with flight control operator National Air Traffic Services. Hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled in Britain on Monday due to a fault in the air traffic control system.

Britain's Transport Secretary Mark Harper denied any cyber attack in the malfunction in the air traffic control system. He said the problem was caused by a "technical fault" at flight control operator National Air Traffic Services.

The Department of Transportation said the outage affected its ability to operate flights automatically. This simply meant that flights had to be operated manually for several hours. The technical glitch caused slow take-offs and landings across the UK. At present, the fault in the system has been fixed.

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