Re: [NNagain] Cellular outage in US hits AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon users, Downdetector shows + Cyberattacks on hospitals are likely to increase, putting lives at risk, experts warn

[le berger des photons <thejoff@gmail.com>]

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given the plus minus statistics of the american health care system putting
them out of business might save more lives than it takes, except that
they'll just kill those people later.

On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 10:11 PM Dave Taht via Nnagain <
nnagain@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

> 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.
> >
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> > David Bray, PhD Principal, LeadDoAdapt Ventures, Inc.
> > Loomis Innovation Council Co-Chair & Distinguished Fellow
> > Henry S. Stimson Center, Business Executives for National Security
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