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The main internet and phone service provider of the Netherlands is down. Even the emergency number (112, our equivalent of 911) is down. Almost everyone is unre
by throwawayflower 7y ago
The main internet and phone service provider of the Netherlands is down. Even the emergency number (112, our equivalent of 911) is down. Almost everyone is unreachable. The whole telephone network is disrupted.
I wonder if it's related to this? It does say this kind of BGP thing can be a deliberate malicious attack. Perhaps this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGP_hijacking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGP_hijacking
- throwawayflower 7y agoOh, and the country's train and public transport infrastructure is experiencing some major problems too due to the phone service outage.
- x86_64Ubuntu 7y agoYou have to wonder if these outages aren't the result of hostile states laying the groundwork and testing the viability of certain attacks.
- nikisweeting 7y agoHeh I think based on BGP's track-record, if a state-level actor wanted to mess up everyone's BGP routes they wouldn't have to try very hard...