[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

[Vint Cerf]

Could some non-ATT outages be people trying to reach ATT destinations?
V

On Thu, Feb 22, 2024, 18:39 the keyboard of geoff goodfellow via Nnagain <
nnagain at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

> 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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