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Feds Wonder: Did a Cyberattack Take Down
America's Cell System?

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 2/22/2024 5:11:19 PM

Well, the feds can't be the only ones wondering about the cause of today's massive cellular-system failure. All three major networks reported outages at roughly the same time, and although there were areas of uninterrupted service, the failures seems to be widespread. Having all three networks seemingly impacted suggested something other than a single point of failure or error. Unlike the rest of us, federal agencies can do something about their own curiosity. According to ABC News, the feds have started investigating whether a cyberattack took place: A network disruption is affecting AT&T customers in the U.S. Thursday, prompting federal agencies to investigate whether the outage was caused by a cyberattack.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: wilarrbie 2/22/2024 5:22:10 PM (No. 1663302)
Test run.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Mushroom 2/22/2024 5:32:18 PM (No. 1663308)
Software push.. beta testing doesn't exist in the commercial world anymore. No more than editors that have bee replaced by spellcheckers.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: LadyVet 2/22/2024 5:35:29 PM (No. 1663309)
Just when I had resolved to get rid of my land line. Maybe I will keep it and charge all the young neighbors when they need to make a call.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Bur Oak 2/22/2024 5:44:20 PM (No. 1663310)
Don't worry Alejandro Mayorkas is on it just like he's on top of the border situation.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: formerNYer 2/22/2024 6:11:25 PM (No. 1663319)
Wonder? Shouldn't they know? Oh that's right they had to fire all the experts and replace them with trannies, urban people that barely got through a pass everone state college and women that wrote disortations on global warming and how locking up criminals is bad.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: mc squared 2/22/2024 6:40:41 PM (No. 1663330)
#5: Dittos.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: JHHolliday 2/22/2024 6:47:57 PM (No. 1663336)
I doubt this is a cyber attack. More like a fustercluck but if it is some sort of CCP attack, our current government will cover it up.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: planetgeo 2/22/2024 7:15:40 PM (No. 1663360)
We better stop treating cyber attacks like they are just annoying but not dangerous teenage pranks. Our national infrastructure is being tested and probed for future serious destruction. These should be treated like acts of war, which is what they really are. Time to take the kid gloves off and start landing some serious counter punches. Crash China's or Russia's economy next time one of these "pranks" happens and see if this ever happens again. President Trump 2024, make it so
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Reply 9 - Posted by: MickTurn 2/22/2024 8:10:12 PM (No. 1663388)
That is BullCrap. Our Cyber folks have the tools to find out exactly where any attack comes from. Even spoofed IP addresses on the internet to cover hackers tracks can be figured out. Feds, Stop it with the lame excuses and do your JOB or file your resignation immediately!
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Reply 10 - Posted by: DVC 2/23/2024 2:20:28 AM (No. 1663491)
No effects here in the KC area.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Muguy 2/23/2024 7:01:37 AM (No. 1663575)
The estimate of those affected were NOT accurately reported. It was MASSIVE, and it showed how much we rely on streaming or wifi not attatced to the cellular grid which is fragile to an emp attack. Many were able to use wifi for calling and texting messages as a work around, IF streaming service was available. Without the ability of people to talk to each other, it shows and example of what could happen if it were permanent and not a temporary outtage. People who cannot communicate with each other cannot fight against tyranny if this was a purposeful effort to "shut people up".
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