Vital sectors in Egypt not affected by the global cyber outage: Telecommunications minister

Ahram Online , Friday 19 Jul 2024

Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology Amr Talaat said on Friday that vital sectors in Egypt were not affected by the global cyber outage that impacted aviation, internet service and banking transfers globally.

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A still photo of Flightradar24 shows heavy flight congestion over Europe due to a global IT outage, with a slight impact on the Middle East.

 

Minister Talaat told Extra News TV channel on Friday: "Vital sectors such as communications, internet, banking transfers, airports, and seaports have not been affected by the global technical malfunction."

"I am in contact with the Minister of Civil Aviation and have confirmed that Egyptian air traffic is regular,” Talaat said.

Earlier, an informed source told Al-Qahera News that Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly is monitoring the impact of the international cyber outage on air traffic to and from Egypt.

The source clarified that Egypt's civil aviation system is completely secure and has not been affected by the current situation that has impacted countries worldwide.

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