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Lumen Says It’ll Exit Russia—but Will it REALLY?

Lumen Says It’ll Exit Russia—but Will it REALLY?

| | AS3356, CenturyLink, Cogent expressed itself more cogently—in related news Weasel Corp said nothing, lies damn lies and PR, Lumen Technologies, Russia, sanctions, SB Blogwatch, Ukraine
Lumen Technologies said it’s pulling out of Russia—or did it? We read the PR spin carefully ...
Security Boulevard
The Internet is Held Together With Spit & Baling Wire

The Internet is Held Together With Spit & Baling Wire

| | A Little Sunshine, Adam Korab, bgp, Border Gateway Protocol, CenturyLink, Internet Routing Registry, IRR, kc claffy, Level3 Communications, Lumen Technologies, The Coming Storm
Imagine being able to disconnect or redirect Internet traffic destined for some of the world's largest companies -- just by spoofing an email. This is the nature of a threat vector recently ...
Krebs on Security
Who’s Behind Monday’s 14-State 911 Outage?

Who’s Behind Monday’s 14-State 911 Outage?

| | 911 outage, A Little Sunshine, azure, CenturyLink, fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Intrado, Microsoft, The Washington Post, West Corporation
Emergency 911 systems were down for more than an hour on Monday in towns and cities across 14 U.S. states. The outages led many news outlets to speculate the problem was related ...
Krebs on Security