White House says FBI, Homeland Security Dept looking into AT&T outage

U.S. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby answers a question during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Thursday the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were looking into an AT&T outage, and that the Federal Communications Commission was in touch with the company.

Kirby said the Department of Commerce faced some disruptions as a result of the outage but those were not "crippling."