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Any users here have cell phone issues. Most networks are having issues. Cyberattack?

Personally,  I have not. But one of my workers did. 

Posted - February 22

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  • 7792
    Yea, mine was out for most of the day. As for it being a cyberattack, of course it was, but AT&T won't dare tell you that. This post was edited by Zack at February 23, 2024 10:17 AM MST
      February 22, 2024 2:37 PM MST
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  • 34246
    Yeah, too many networks effected to be just a glitch in system. 
      February 22, 2024 4:59 PM MST
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  • 8214
    That was my first thought because so many states were involved.  If all of our communications suddenly go down, I look for an enemy attack.  No one has reported the cause yet, it wasn't just one carrier but many.  Why is there silence in the media?

      February 22, 2024 4:33 PM MST
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  • 2128
    I remember hearing about 1pm that 2/3 of it was back up. People , idiot people, swamped 911 with questions
    with people testing system amid AT&T ...
     
    9 hours ago — “Sharon PD Dispatch has received multiple 911 calls asking why her cell phone is not working,” the department posted on Facebook
    This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at February 23, 2024 10:18 AM MST
      February 22, 2024 5:02 PM MST
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  • 34246
    I hope they all got a call from the police explaining that is not the purpose of 911. 
      February 22, 2024 6:45 PM MST
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  • 2128
    Haha.. I know...????
      February 22, 2024 7:05 PM MST
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  • 34246
    I actually heard about it on the news before my worker told me. And yesterday I saw a post from an ATT user in St Louis saying they only had 1 bar ad normally have solid 5 bars. But have not heard a cause as of yet. 
      February 22, 2024 5:04 PM MST
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  • 8214
    I also lost my Wifi this morning for a couple of hours.  Last week folks had trouble getting through to me, I thought it was a problem on their end.  A patient portal was doing flip flops yesterday, not working properly at all, it was fine this afternoon. 
      February 22, 2024 6:08 PM MST
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  • 34246
    I also heard  yesterday, the medical industry told their employees not to open emails with attachments because there was a known attack happening with them. 
      February 22, 2024 6:44 PM MST
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  • 44601
    No...my phone has been off for two days. Sux to be a cellphone addict.
      February 22, 2024 6:50 PM MST
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  • 2128
    It sucks to be annn...alcoholic!
      February 22, 2024 7:05 PM MST
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  • 44601
    No it doooooesn't
      February 22, 2024 7:22 PM MST
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  • 2128
    Thanks! I was worried a bit 
      February 22, 2024 10:16 PM MST
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  • 8214
    According to this report, there were 3 solar flares which caused the blackout.

      February 22, 2024 8:18 PM MST
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  • 34246
    They claiming internal error on ATT.  But the does not explain other networks. 
      February 23, 2024 6:02 AM MST
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  • 8214
    The solar flares is a good potential reason.  My thoughts were the possibility of a "test attack" by one of our enemies.  If we ever lose all communications I look for an invasion of our shores or further attacks on America. An ISIS leader who came over the border to the U.S. gave a brief interview a couple of weeks ago.  They mentioned his name to him, he said something to the effect, "you will soon know my name, everyone will know my name."  Biden has let everyone in, terrorists included.

    Another thought is; Biden has let so many in, possibly to have men to fight a war, since there are few young Americans now. 




    This post was edited by Art Lover at February 23, 2024 1:11 PM MST
      February 23, 2024 7:47 AM MST
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  • 3699
    Solar flares can affect all networks.
      February 23, 2024 2:37 PM MST
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  • 34246
    I did not say solar flares were or were not the cause. What I said is since it was more than just ATT users having issues, being just an error on ATT side does not make sense. This post was edited by my2cents at February 24, 2024 6:33 AM MST
      February 24, 2024 6:32 AM MST
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  • 13277
    Not on trusty Verizon Wireless.
      February 22, 2024 8:40 PM MST
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  • 34246
    For you. Some Verizon customers had outages.  
      February 23, 2024 6:00 AM MST
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  • 17592
    I have Verizon service through an MVNO and had no issues.  This was not a cyber attack. 
      February 24, 2024 10:56 AM MST
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