[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

[the keyboard of geoff goodfellow]

if you look/see The Requisite "HUMPS" of/at all the carriers at
https://downdetector.com/ it seems to be more than just AT&T being involved

On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 2:25 PM Bill Woodcock via Nnagain <
nnagain at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

> 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 <
> nnagain at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 3:52 PM David Bray, PhD via Nnagain
> > <nnagain at 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
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