Just over a week ago, the Department of Homeland Security warned of possible cyber attacks against the Emergency Service Sector (think “911 call operations”). The April 10 DHS memo said that previous ransomware attacks had “disrupted the networks of police department and 911 call center operations” because of their dependence on computers for the efficient […]
Parts of the central U.S. were left bereft of critical climate warnings after the National Weather Service suffered a five-hour network outage. The blackout occurred at 1 a.m. Central Daylight Time Tuesday and jarred radar, according to E&E News. At the same time, tornadoes hit Oklahoma and Missouri and hail covered Illinois, Texas and Kansas, […]
Tuesday morning saw large outages for Meta-owned social media platforms Instagram, Facebook and Threads that lasted roughly two hours. The services going down on Super Tuesday — when voters in 16 states go to the polls — certainly wasn’t the best timing as numerous politicians made last-ditch efforts on social media to rally support behind […]
DALLAS — AT&T says it will give affected customers $5 each to compensate for last week’s cellphone network outage that left many without service for hours. The Dallas-based company said on its website that customers will get the $5 credit on their account within two billing cycles. The credit does not apply to AT&T Business, […]
After a service disruption Thursday effected tens of thousands of AT&T, sparking fears of a cyber attack, the company announced that evening that an internal error was the source of the problems. The company didn’t say how many of its customers had been affected by the issue, but USAToday cited data from website Downdetector as […]
AT&T said the hourslong outage to its U.S. cellphone network Thursday appeared to be the result of a technical error, not a malicious attack. The outage knocked out cellphone service for thousands of its users across the U.S. starting early Thursday before it was restored. AT&T blamed the incident on an error in coding, without […]
A substantial cellphone outage swept across the United States early Thursday, causing significant disruptions, including hindering some police departments’ ability to receive emergency 911 calls. The majority of these issues were reported by AT&T customers. DownDetector—a service that monitors outages by compiling status reports from various sources, including direct user feedback—logging nearly 32,000 problems around […]
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