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Whatever is the source, I really hope it's not malicious. The US is vulnerable.
by zarmin 6y ago
Whatever is the source, I really hope it's not malicious. The US is vulnerable.
- partiallypro 6y agoBased on how it has unfolded, I'm betting it's a cascading failure. Data seems to be unaffected, it is only voice.
- lallysingh 6y agoMy guess is it's some technical issue related to the Sprint merger. I have no data to back this up.
- dogecoinbase 6y agoThat is the current suggestion: https://puck.nether.net/pipermail/outages/2020-June/013124.html https://puck.nether.net/pipermail/outages/2020-June/013124.h... This is because of an update in the systems from the Sprint side to help merge with T Mobile. That happened from 12am-6am EST and Sprint's systems clashed with T Mobile's. I'm glad I have off today.
- Someone1234 6y agoConsidering it is impacting other non-celluar services (like Facebook), I'm guessing it is an internet backbone issue (e.g. bad BGP routing was broadcast?). PS - This doesn't mean it is unrelated to the Spring/T-Mobile merger, they themselves could be the ones who screwed up routing.
- DebtDeflation 6y agoUh oh. https://www.digitalattackmap.com/ https://www.digitalattackmap.com/ US and Brazil both under a massive DDOS attack right now.