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by dwroberts 1022 days ago
Sounds like it’s still pending: https://www.nats.aero/statement/air-traffic-control-system-u...

> We have well established procedures, overseen by the CAA, to investigate incidents. We are already working closely with them to provide a preliminary report to the Secretary of State for Transport on Monday. The conclusions of this report will be made public.

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> Initial investigations into the problem show it relates to some of the flight data we received. Our systems, both primary and the back-ups, responded by suspending automatic processing to ensure that no incorrect safety-related information could be presented to an air traffic controller or impact the rest of the air traffic system. There are no indications that this was a cyber-attack.
This is the dodgy flight plan referenced by OP. A post mortem would explain in detail why there were problems with the data and exactly what they were
based on this statement it sounds like the UK's system is just a copy of ERAM as used in the US for flight planning. Enter one flight that is outside of the understood parameters and all flights need to be grounded.
Not a cyber attack, but the way it's described makes it seem like an attack vector. (Inject bad safety data, let the cascade take it all down?)