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Cyberwar attacks on US News Media (Original Post) irisblue Dec 2018 OP
Toss in CenturyLink crash of voice and 911 service for good measure. IADEMO2004 Dec 2018 #1
America and other countries are being "cyberattacked" from all directions State the Obvious Dec 2018 #2

IADEMO2004

(5,554 posts)
1. Toss in CenturyLink crash of voice and 911 service for good measure.
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 10:49 AM
Dec 2018
https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/centurylink-suffers-major-network-outage-taking-down-911-services-throughout-the-us.251157/


According to CenturyLink's status page, as of Friday night (Dec 28, 20:44 ET) "all consumer services impacted by this event, including voice and 911, have been restored. Some consumers may continue to experience limited latency, but those issues will clear in the next few hours."

Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai was quick to issue a statement expressing his disappointment with CenturyLink shortly after the incident went public. "When an emergency strikes, it's critical that Americans are able to use 911 to reach those who can help," Pai wrote. "The CenturyLink service outage is therefore completely unacceptable, and its breadth and duration are particularly troubling."

As of writing, CenturyLink has still failed to fully restore service to all affected regions and customers (its internet users have also been impacted), but it's making "good progress," according to the company's official Twitter account.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WALL!!!!!!

State the Obvious

(842 posts)
2. America and other countries are being "cyberattacked" from all directions
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 11:56 AM
Dec 2018

Congress needs to make a law that incorporates the term "cyberwarfare" as an actual "act of war" and treat it as such.

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