Jan 20
Adam Kinzinger Is Stuck Wondering What The Republican Party ‘Believes Anymore’
Posted in: Today's ChiliKinzinger also said he thinks there’s “pretty good odds” that the Justice Department brings charges against former President Donald Trump.
Jan 20
The FAA grounded all US flights because contractors mistakenly deleted files
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe contractors working on the Federal Aviation Administration’s NOTAM system apparently deleted files by accident, leading to the delays and cancellations of thousands of US flights. If you’ll recall, the FAA paused all domestic departures in the US on the morning of January 11th, because its NOTAM or Notice to Air Missions system had failed. NOTAMs typically contain important information for pilots, including warnings for potential hazards along a flight’s route, flight restrictions and runway closures.
While the FAA only paused departures on the 11th, US flights were already being pushed back the day before after the outage occurred at around 3:28PM ET. The issue even had an impact on military flights that partly relied on FAA NOTAMs: Pilots reportedly had to call around to ask for potential flight hazards themselves.
The agency later reported that the system failed after “personnel who failed to follow procedures” damaged certain files. Now, it has shared more details as part of the preliminary findings of an ongoing investigation. Apparently, its contractors were synchronizing a main and a back-up database when they “unintentionally deleted files” that turned out to be necessary to keep the alert system running. It also reiterated what it said in the past that it has “so far found no evidence of a cyberattack or malicious intent.”
As The Washington Post notes, it’s unclear at this point how deleting some files would cause the whole system to go down. The FAA had already fixed the problem and had taken steps to make the system more resilient, but the incident certainly puts the reliability of FAA’s outdated technologies into question. The Transportation Department itself previously described the NOTAM system as “failing vintage hardware” in a budget document requesting $30 million to fund its upgrades.
Jan 20
The song was originally featured on the 1999 album “Running With Scissors.”
Jan 20
The co-defendant was later brought to a hospital as he allegedly appeared to ingest contraband in an apparent attempt to “conceal further crimes.”
Jan 20
The ex-president could get punished with “an unpleasant reminder,” the late-night host warned.
Jan 20
The rock icon died this week at the age of 81 ― just after sharing a humorous message about the afterlife.
Jan 20
T-Mobile has admitted that hackers were able to steal the information of around 37 million postpaid and prepaid customers in another major data breach. The carrier said in a regulatory filing that it discovered the issue on January 5th, but that it believes the bad actors had been taking data from the company since November 25th. In a post announcing the breach, T-Mobile revealed that the hackers used an API to steal customer information.
While the company was able to contain the issue 24 hours after discovering the malicious activity, the bad actors have had access to its data long enough to have stolen people’s names, billing addresses, emails, phone numbers and birthdays. They were also able to obtain users’ account numbers and information about their plans, such as the number of lines they have. T-Mobile said, however, that it didn’t find evidence that its network or systems had been breached or compromised. “No passwords, payment card information, social security numbers, government ID numbers or other financial account information” were stolen, the company said.
The carrier is still investigating the incident to get a more detailed view of what happened, but it has already warned investors that it would likely incur significant costs due to the incident. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Federal Communications Commission has also opened an investigation into T-Mobile, because as a spokesperson told the publication, “this incident is the latest in a string of data breaches at the company.”
If you’ll recall, the carrier confirmed in August 2021 that tens of millions of customers had been impacted by a data breach that exposed their sensitive information, including their social security numbers and driver’s licenses. T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said back then that the hacker used “specialized” tools and knowledge of its infrastructure in order to gain access to its testing environment. While the initial number of affected customers for that breach was around 30 million, it ultimately ballooned to 76.6 million customers.
Almost a year later, the carrier agreed to pay $350 million to settle a consolidated class action lawsuit and pledged to spend $150 million to update its data security technologies. As The New York Times reports, the company said it has “made substantial progress to date” on those updates, but it clearly wasn’t enough to prevent this incident. In its announcement, though, T-Mobile vowed to continue making “substantial, multi-year investments in strengthening [its] cybersecurity program.”
Jan 20
Finn Wolfhard Reacts To Millie Bobby Brown’s Admission About Their On-Screen Kiss
Posted in: Today's ChiliUnder pressure, Brown said her “Stranger Things” co-star was a “lousy” kisser.
Jan 20
If you have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch your child regularly uses, you can access their settings.
Jan 20
If the Wordle puzzle for January 20, 2023, is giving you trouble, make a change with some hints. If you just want the solution, you can check that out, too.
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