On Sunday, November 15, in response to Fox News, the US Secretary of Homeland Security, Mark Wayne Mullin, emphasized the possibility of a connection between the disruption of the Federal Aviation Administration's systems and the suspension of Microsoft services for two consecutive days: "These two incidents have nothing to do with each other."
Mullin said the US Department of Homeland Security found no connection between the two incidents, explaining that the disruption in the aviation system was caused by decades-old technology.
He also said the federal government should stop funding piecemeal reforms and build an entirely new system instead.