Fox News reporter Peter Doocy just spoke with President Trump and revealed that the FAA ground stop or telecommunication outage, was not caused by a cyber attack.
Rather, it may have more to do with ‘old broken stuff’:
NEW- I’ve spoken to President Trump. He says the ground stop doesn’t seem to be a cyber attack, and that nobody is taking credit for a cyber attack. Instead, this could be a result of a system that relies on some old broken stuff, that he says he’s tried to upgrade
— Peter Doocy (@pdoocy) November 14, 2026
CBS News is reporting that an update may have triggered the ATC system to reboot:
Multiple sources tell @CBSNews that an update to the private communications network that connects America’s air traffic control system caused the system to reboot.
When the FAA’s telecommunication infrastructure rebooted, it crashed, causing the communications outage.
The system is operated by L3Harris.
NEW: Multiple sources tell @CBSNews that an update to the private communications network that connects America’s air traffic control system caused the system to reboot.
When the FAA’s telecommunication infrastructure rebooted, it crashed, causing the communications outage.
The system is operated by L3Harris.
Reporting w @NicoleSganga
— Olivia Rinaldi (@olivialarinaldi) November 13, 2026
If it was an ‘update’ that caused this, boy howdy was that a bad idea.
