---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200616131358.GA2994@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:13:58 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: T-Mobile hit with cell phone outage, voice and text down for thousands of users throughout U.S. Cellular provider T-Mobile has been having a very large service outage today, Monday June 15. The service interruptions were reported by Verizon users starting around 10amPT/1pm ET. https://boingboing.net/2020/06/15/t-mobile-att-and-verizon-hi.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200616130047.GA2892@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:00:47 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: CenturyLink Exposed 2.8 Million Customer Records, Lawsuit Claims CenturyLink Exposed 2.8 Million Customer Records, Lawsuit Claims (1) CenturyLink Inc. exposed more than 2.8 million consumer records because of weak security in violation of consumer protection rules, a lawsuit in federal court in Washington state alleges. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/centurylink-exposed-2-8-million-customer-records-lawsuit-claims -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200616130924.GA2915@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:09:24 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Some Believe The U.S. Has Been Hit By A Large-Scale DDoS Attack T-Mobile, Fortnite, Instagram, Comcast, And Chase Bank Have All Experienced Outages. Some Believe The U.S. Has Been Hit By Large-Scale DDoS Attack - Others Are Skeptical. By Jesse Damiani Sudden and wide-ranging outages in online and telecommunication services in the U.S. has led some to believe it is the result of a coordinated attack. On June 15, a flurry of reports on a number of different services in the U.S. have indicated that the country may be experiencing a coordinated DDoS, or "distributed denial of service" attack. These attacks are malicious attempts to disrupt or shut down targeted servers by overwhelming them with traffic from multiple sources. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessedamiani/2020/06/15/t-mobile-fortnite-instagram-comcast-and-chase-bank-have-all-experienced-outages-some-believe-the-us-has-been-hit-by-large-scale-ddos-attack-others-are-skeptical/#23086aef4b2a -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <CAH8yC8nwHAGhkK9Jc09BA=7LL6dA6f0DXhTXF25AMPTw3Z5QMw@mail.gmail.com> Date: 16 Jun 2020 00:37:38 -0400 From: "Jeffrey Walton" <noloader@gmail.com> Subject: Attorney General Frosh announces charges against Cricket Wireless and AT&T for deceptive marketing practices Good article here. What kind of defense can Cricket and AT&T mount? +--------------------------------------------------------------+ by Chris Montcalmo BALTIMORE, MD - Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced on Monday that his Consumer Protection Division has filed charges against Cricket Wireless, LLC and AT&T, Inc. for violations of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act. Among other charges, Cricket and AT&T failed to inform consumers that the cell phones they purchased would no longer work when Cricket switched cell phone networks after its merger with AT&T. After the merger, Cricket's customers were switched to a network that used different technology to provide its cellular service. http://www.nottinghammd.com/2020/06/15/attorney-general-frosh-announces-charges-against-cricket-wireless-and-att-for-deceptive-marketing-practices/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200616132616.GA3257@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:26:16 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Something Weird Is Going On With T-Mobile Something Weird Is Going On With T-Mobile Today By Joanna Nelius 13 hrs ago (June 15, 2020 ~8:20 PM EDT - Mod) T-Mobile customers across the U.S. are reporting that they cannot send or receive phone calls, and sometimes text messages. According to TechCrunch, the outage starting around 9-10 a.m. PT (12-1 p.m. ET) this morning, and at the time of this writing, is still the No. 1 trending topic in the U.S. on Twitter. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/something-weird-is-going-on-with-t-mobile-today/ar-BB15x42O -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 17 Jun 2020