[Lou L]

Exactly...redundancy. Such a critical system should never have a "main server," as most business-critical systems would use a distributed architecture. This means they should be able to switch over to a backup system easily.

This seems more insidious, especially coming on the heels of the Southwest Airlines' glitch. Are our airlines and infrastructures being attacked? If so, by whom? Is the FAA investigating this? Is the FBI? Does it even matter to this administration?

[grania]

I’m wondering. If the systems can be hacked, can the computers that control flight paths while in the air be hijacked? This is curiosity question, having nothing to do with this situation.

[CGASMIA68]

Probably comes down to $$$

Pay now or pay later.If they had a work around they would be up and running as we “type” and no one would be aware of the hit but them.

[ilovesarah2012]

My first thought was this was an intentional hack. If so, they will never tell us.