So my best guess (because it happens time and time again) is that NATS did a software upgrade over the weekend which they completely screwed up because they hadn't done enough testing.
Sorry, cockup - not conspiracy (Russia or otherwise!).
This looks to me likely to be a maintenance change has gone bad, The UK NATs system was originated by IBM before they abandoned it, IBM have a standard Sunday@midnight change control/maint slot as the only time that changes can be made so Monday mornings are the expected time for the SHTF if the changes failed, I suspect that poor quality Change Management was to blame.
The outage took place on a Monday.
So my best guess (because it happens time and time again) is that NATS did a software upgrade over the weekend which they completely screwed up because they hadn't done enough testing.
Sorry, cockup - not conspiracy (Russia or otherwise!).
not a particularly strong case you've made here tho
I just found actual footage of the hackers launching their cyberattack against the UK!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmz67ErIRa4
hahaha
This looks to me likely to be a maintenance change has gone bad, The UK NATs system was originated by IBM before they abandoned it, IBM have a standard Sunday@midnight change control/maint slot as the only time that changes can be made so Monday mornings are the expected time for the SHTF if the changes failed, I suspect that poor quality Change Management was to blame.
Let's guess...Russia again?!
Its bank holiday Monday in the UK, there will be more than usual passengers and flights.
almost certainly a cyberattack