On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 3:52 PM David Bray, PhD via Nnagain <nnagain@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote: > > https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/cellular-outage-in-us-hits-at-t-t-mobile-and-verizon-users-downdetector-shows/ar-BB1iHBMF
I had feared this was the natural outgrowth of the devastating DNS KEYTRAP attack that was announced yesterday: https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/keytrap-dns-bug-threatens-widespread-internet-outages But so far the bet on nanog is that "oops, cisco deleted the sim database." I think they are being snarky about "the" sim database. I´m pretty sure they are just being snarky... > A cellular outage in the United States was reported by AT&T, T-Mobile, > Verizon and other network users on Thursday, according to outage tracking > website Downdetector.com. > > The number of reports of AT&T outages peaked at 31,931 at around 4:30 a.m. > ET, data from Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports > from sources including user-submitted errors on its platform, showed. > > More than 800 service outages of U.S. wireless carriers Verizon and T-Mobile > were also reported on the platform. > > Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T did not immediately reply to Reuters' requests for > comment. > > And this - I was just on a call where it's clear this is increasing: > https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/cyberattacks-on-hospitals-are-likely-to-increase-putting-lives-at-risk-experts-warn/ar-BB1ihhll > > WASHINGTON (AP) — Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the > country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at > a premier Midwestern children's hospital, and that the U.S. government is > doing too little prevent such breaches. > > Hospitals in recent years have shifted their use of online technology to > support everything from telehealth to medical devices to patient records. > Today, they are a favorite target for internet thieves who hold systems' data > and networks hostage for hefty ransoms, said John Riggi, the American > Hospital Association’s cybersecurity adviser. > > -- > David Bray, PhD Principal, LeadDoAdapt Ventures, Inc. > Loomis Innovation Council Co-Chair & Distinguished Fellow > Henry S. Stimson Center, Business Executives for National Security > _______________________________________________ > Nnagain mailing list > Nnagain@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/nnagain -- 40 years of net history, a couple songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9RGX6QFm5E Dave Täht CSO, LibreQos _______________________________________________ Nnagain mailing list Nnagain@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/nnagain
