FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)

The FAA experienced a telecommunications outage that impacted communications and radar display at Philadelphia TRACON Area C, affecting Newark Liberty International Airport. The outage lasted approximately 90 seconds and followed a similar incident on April 28th. The FAA has announced plans to replace the current copper connection with fiber and add new telecommunications connections. The outage resulted in 292 flight delays and highlighted problems with the airport's aging control system and lack of staffing.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/664221/newark-airport-radar-ground-stop-delays-atc

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/faa

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"linkid": "faa",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "5/2025",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Aviation',
                        'location': 'Philadelphia TRACON Area C',
                        'name': 'Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'}],
 'date_detected': 'April 28th',
 'description': 'The FAA experienced a telecommunications outage that impacted '
                'communications and radar display at Philadelphia TRACON Area '
                'C, affecting Newark Liberty International Airport. The outage '
                'lasted approximately 90 seconds and followed a similar '
                'incident on April 28th. The FAA has announced plans to '
                'replace the current copper connection with fiber and add new '
                'telecommunications connections. The outage resulted in 292 '
                "flight delays and highlighted problems with the airport's "
                'aging control system and lack of staffing.',
 'impact': {'downtime': '90 seconds',
            'operational_impact': '292 flight delays',
            'systems_affected': 'Communications and radar display at '
                                'Philadelphia TRACON Area C'},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Aging control system and lack of '
                                           'staffing'},
 'recommendations': ['Replace the current copper connection with fiber',
                     'Add new telecommunications connections'],
 'references': [{'source': 'FAA Announcement'}],
 'title': 'FAA Telecommunications Outage',
 'type': 'Telecommunications Outage'}