A cyber attack did not cause the FAA ground stop and it has no connection to the Microsoft outage, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says:
"There is actually no cyber attack … The public was never at danger through this process. There was never any lives at risk. There was no flights at risk. FAA was able to handle it. We did it out of an abundant of caution."
Mullin says they're moving at an unprecedented speed and "we hope to have operations up and going normal at some point."
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The government is addressing a recent operational disruption, emphasizing that public safety was never compromised and no lives or flights were at risk. Officials clarified that there is no connection to Microsoft and that the situation is not a cyberattack. A whole-of-government response is underway to restore normal operations and support affected passengers.
You know, I want to make sure everybody understands
that there is no connection between this and Microsoft.
I know a lot of people are making that jump.
Thank you very much.
This is, so far what we've seen, there is actually no
Cyberattack
We're still working through that process.
Our teams are working.
This is what the leadership of President Trump looks like
by the organization and the team
he's put together.
We're built to handle crises like this,
and that's exactly what we're doing.
We're moving at an unprecedented pace as a whole
of government to make sure that we are
We are doing the
The public justice by making sure everybody
is safe, which everybody is.
We are working with the airports,
with the communities, with the cities, the states,
to make sure those passengers that may find themselves in need,
FEMA has activated their centers to make sure
that there's no medication that is being missed.
If it is, we're going to have people for them to reach out to.
The airport has got a direct number to reach out to us.
We can provide that medication for them, working through the state.
So right now, things seem to be working,
as we can say, in the right direction.
As you can see to my right, I have Secretary Sean Duffy,
who is here to provide the update on FEMA,
where we're at, and where we're going.
Once Sean is completed with his update,
then we will be happy to take questions from everybody.
I just want to reiterate this.
The public was never at danger through this process.
There was never any lives at risk, there was no flights at risk,
FAA was able to handle it, we did it out of an abundance of caution,
but I do understand the internet traffic and where all
these conspiracies start running towards, I just can't say this enough.
All your loved ones are safe,
we are working to resolve the issue, and we hope to have
operations up and going normal at some point.
So with that, I'll turn it over to Secretary Duffy.