Another Internet Outage Takes Down Services in US and UK (chicagotribune.com) 34
Reader Archangel Michael writes: Parts of the internet were down across the U.S. and in the U.K. Wednesday morning, as service provider Level 3 Communications reported an outage. Level 3, which provides internet and voice services to businesses, said the company did not yet know the cause of the outage, which temporarily disrupted or slowed service to some customers. "Our technical team is looking into this issue to determine the cause. Our priority is to ensure the reliability of our network and services. We will provide updates as more information becomes available," Nikki Wheeler, senior director of media relations, wrote in an email. The Broomfield, Colo.-based company is a Tier 1 provider, which means its network powers other internet and content providers. In 2015, it partnered with Verizon. It is also the content delivery network for Netflix and the HBO Go mobile app; a Blue Sky test of those services showed they seemed to be unaffected. ArsTechnica has more details.
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Because this one might be in a sub, a little ways under water, trying to quietly patch into an undersea cable (and failing at it), in which case, sovereign immunity, or, our navy needs to invest in better sonar.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_computer_criminals
China executed 2 people for hacking
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Script kiddies didn't do this shit.
Level 3 found it to be a configuration issue this time and it's probably not too dissimilar from the issue reported in early October '16.
http://www.networkworld.com/ar... [networkworld.com]
Either the summary was poorly written, the source of the problem would be a key info to put in the summary, or the article was updated after the Slashdot thread was created.
US Robotics modem for sale. (Score:1, Funny)
PM me.
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I'm wondering whether I could do dail-up if I needed to with what I've got in the room. I've got an old Psion gold PCMCIA modem. There's a couple of 386 lappies, Win 95/98 CDs somewhere and I know I've got the drivers on floppy - I found it yesterday while looking for something else.
I bet the modem cable is missing. The bloody thing used to disappear half the time when I still used it.
Don't know the cause? (Score:4, Funny)
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allah isn't a being, its a rock that fell from space
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CenturyLink steps in.... (Score:4, Interesting)
If the acquisition goes through, we can all rest easy.
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This wasn't happening nearly as much before... (Score:4, Funny)
This wasn't happening nearly adls much before the US gave up control of the internet. As soon as the US backed away, all the script kiddies have come out to cause trouble. Despite all the complaining about the US, this wasn't a big issue before control of the Internet was handed over. Perhaps the US should have control of the internet again to keep the troublemakers to a minimum.
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I'm not saying it's the Russians (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not saying it's the Russians, but it'st@.;l[po
no carrier
Must be The Russians(tm) (Score:5, Funny)
Need a scapegoat? Server's down but you're feeling great? Just blame it on The Russians(tm), your one-stop shop for plausible deniability!
Wife caught you in bed with the neighbor's daughter while she's home from college for the holiday? No problem, just tell her it was The Russians(tm) who made you do it. No one will question anything and whatever you did won't matter anymore because PUTIN!!
Police on your back about that thing you did last summer? You know which thing. Make it all go away and blame it on The Russians(tm)! Who could possibly care about that poor little boy and the hit and run after you scream about PUTIN'S HACKERS?
Just message them today, on the .ru dark web site of your choice. The Russians(tm). Your comrades in crime.
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