Trump: U.S. air traffic control system failure suspected to be caused by old and damaged infrastructure

China News Service, November 14. According to Fox News Channel, US President Trump stated on the 13th that the failure of the US air traffic control system has nothing to do with cyber attacks or artificial intelligence, and is suspected to be caused by old and damaged infrastructure.

According to the report, Trump told the media, "This does not look like a cyber attack or artificial intelligence or anything like that...No one has come out to claim it. If someone really launches such a large-scale cyber attack on critical infrastructure, someone will usually come out to claim it."

Trump also said that relevant parties immediately investigated the possibility of a cyber attack, but found no relevant signs.

The FBI believes communications issues affecting U.S. air traffic control were not caused by cyber attacks or criminal acts, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. One direction of current investigation is whether the failure was caused by a software update.

CNN reported that sources said that currently, multiple law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the United States have launched a "whole-of-government coordinated response mechanism," but no evidence of malicious attacks has been found so far.

The source said that the investigation is currently ongoing, and the United States is inclined to believe that this failure was caused by a communication software problem rather than deliberate sabotage.

According to previous reports, on the 13th local time, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide directive to suspend flight takeoffs due to "special circumstances and safety reasons." US media reported that there was a serious problem with the US air traffic control communication system.