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Rogers network resuming after major outage hits millions of Canadians
ANALYST NOTES: Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino issued several warnings in June of this year. Granted Minister Mendicino stated Friday evening that this is not the result of a cyber attack. Mendicino’s speech to the Commons public Safety committee, in June, told members that the threat is not just to the federal government but also to critical infrastructure (Rogers memo on the outage).
Mendicino described those attacks as potentially coming in the form of cyberattacks and ransomware “which look to identify potentially valuable targets to Canadian interests like critical infrastructure but equally, to sub-national targets, different orders of government, different sectors to the economy.”
This incident if it were an attack successfully displayed effects on “restaurants, gas stations, ATM’s, grocery stores, government services and crippled some government agencies”.
Kye Prigg (Rogers Senior VP Access Networks and Operations): “We experienced a failure in the core network (in the systems that carry voice traffic and data across the country)” (0:46 seconds). Kye did not rule out cyber attack.
FROM THE MEDIA: Rogers Telecommunications said its network was beginning to recover late on Friday after a 19-hourservice outage at one of Canada's biggest telecom operators shut banking, transport and government access for millions, drawing outrage from customers and adding to criticism over its industry dominance.
Nearly every facet of life has been disrupted, with the outage affecting internet access, cell phone and landline phone connections. Some callers could not reach emergency services via 911 calls, police across Canada said.
Canadians crowded into cafes and public libraries that still had internet access and hovered outside hotels to catch a signal. Canada's border services agency said the outage affected its mobile app for incoming travelers. Retailers' cashless pay systems went down; banks reported issues with ATM services.
READ THE STORY: Reuters // ITworld Canada