I have not seen any credible evidence of any networks other than AT&T being
involved.
The rumors of something to do with a SIM database don’t explain all the PRI
trunks down, but those predated the mobile outages, so it might be two
unrelated issues.
-Bill
> On Feb 22, 2024, at 10:12 PM, Dave Taht via Nnagain
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 3:52 PM David Bray, PhD via Nnagain
> <[email protected]> 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.
>>
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>> Loomis Innovation Council Co-Chair & Distinguished Fellow
>> Henry S. Stimson Center, Business Executives for National Security
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