Message-ID: <20220923160831.GA390776@telecomdigest.us>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 16:08:31 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malassimQRMilation@gmail.com>
Subject: Callcentric service still blocked
It's been almost a month now, and my Callcentric service is still out.
I've tried a few "VPN" providers, without success: ProtonVPN, and
"Perfect Privacy," among others. None of them have worked, and I don't know
why. What used to be a telephone on my living room table is now a
paperweight, not useful, not usable.
The news channels I watch via streaming media, such as Reuters, CBS,
and even the TV station in Charlotte, show frequent gaps and
buffering. NetFlix and Amazon Prime video, likewise, grow less and
less usable as the noose tightens. One person, who called me from a
number identified as "Galaxy Cablevision," told me that the problem
could be addressed by paying for a fixed IP address. The message from
Zito Media is clear, although not subtle: "Pay more."
I'm tempted to say “’Twas always thus, ’twill ever be.” I’m tempted to
shrug my shoulers and remind my self that the nation I fought for in
Vietnam is run for the benefit of the ruling class, and admit that my
skillset is now dated and (in this case) ineffective. I'm tempted to
give up and put up with marginal cell phone coverage and getting-
worse-by-the-day Internet service, and with having offerings that
compete with Zito Media's version of VoIP being blocked and rendered
useless.
Well, I may be aged but I am not yet dead, and not likely to give in.
I want to try to appeal to the government here in North Carolina,
which might be responsive, given that it's an election year, even
though I doubt any "solution" will survive the election. I'm trying to
think of a way to catch Zito Media in the act, in the hope that having
actionable evidence will curb their arrogance and trickery in the long
term.
If any of my readers know how Comcast was caught blocking ports, and
what means were used to gather the evidence that was used to prove
those actions, please tell me. If any of you have the training and/or
equipment needed to gather that evidence, please contact me offline.
Bill Horne
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Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.2209241611160.29368@panix1.panix.com>
Date: 24 Sep 2022 16:14:28 +0000
From: "danny burstein" <dannyb@remove-this.panix.com>
Subject: Suffolk CO. (NYC suburb) "911" system crippled by cyber
attack
Attack affects other gov't functions, too
By Pei-Sze Cheng [wnbc news]
Suffolk County Asks NYPD for Help After Hack Cripples 911 Call
Center and Police HQ
Ten days after a cyber attack hit Suffolk County computers, much of
the county's police department is still deeply feeling the effects -
and is calling on the NYPD for backup.
The 911 dispatch center at the Suffolk County Police Department
headquarters has been reduced to using pen and paper, after hackers
took down the county government's computers.
"Unfortunately had to go back to our old system where information is
recorded by hand and information is handed to the dispatcher, in
contrast to putting it into a computer-aided system," said Suffolk
County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison. ....... And it's not
just police hurting as a result. Title searches, an essential part of
real estate closings, have been frozen too. Lawyers and buyers are
trying to proceed with caution.
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rest:
Suffolk County hack cripples 911 call center
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Message-ID: <tgkrdf$2iaqb$2@dont-email.me>
Date: 23 Sep 2022 19:46:23 +0200
From: "Marco Moock" <mo01@posteo.de>
Subject: Re: Four Reasons Why Telecoms Providers Must Improve
Cybersecurity Measures
Am 23.09.2022 um 15:04:54 Uhr schrieb Bill Horne:
> In August 2021, a security breach hit T-Mobile and impacted more than
> 40 million current, former, and prospective customers. A recently
> discovered cyber incident at a critical supplier to Vodafone also had
> "scope to impact the entire telecoms industry."
In many big companies security problems aren't solved for months, see
the recent things in the news about Twitter.
They don't care until it breaks.
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