Vodafone Portugal suffered an extremely successful cyber attack in February 2022, taking down: - 4G - 5G - Fixed voice - Digital TV - SMS - voice It took

Vodafone Portugal suffered an extremely successful cyber attack in February 2022, taking down: - 4G - 5G - Fixed voice - Digital TV - SMS - voice It took _several_ days to bring everything back online. [0] No Ransomware requests issued, most likely a state actor. Many people speculate the attack was a training ground for Russian cyberwarfare. I find this a much more likely failure mode for communications (including emergency services) than network operators not managing uptime because of blackouts. [0] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/02/vodafone-portugal-struggles-to-restore-service-following-cyberattack/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/02/vodaf...