09-07-2021 , 07:36 AM
https://securereading.com/new-zealand-su...et-outage/ New Zealand suffers a widespread Internet outage
PUBLISHED DATE:6 SEPTEMBER 21 Vocus, an international telecom company, confirmed the outage due to the Distributed Denial of Service attack.
The company explained the issue was resolved within 30 minutes.
New Zealand’s third-largest internet provider Vocus NZ was hit by an aggressive DDoS attack that triggered a widespread internet outage.
A spokesperson said that the Vocus engineering team has verified the issue is related to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.
Vocus holds around 15 percent of the country’s broadband customers and owns Orcon, Slingshot. Flip and stuff fibre.
The attack took place on Friday, September 3rd, and the outage lasted for 30 minutes.
“This afternoon, our network was impacted by a DDoS attack. This will have affected a range of Vocus customers for approximately 30 minutes,” reads the network status update published by the company.
“Our engineers were able to resolve the problem quickly, and customers should have come back online automatically. Please contact your account manager if you are unable to connect.”
The attack caused a significant outage on the customers, most working from home due to COVID-19 restrictions.
“New Zealand’s third-largest internet provider Vocus NZ said on Friday its response to a cyberattack temporarily triggered a widespread internet outage,” reported Reuters.
PUBLISHED DATE:6 SEPTEMBER 21 Vocus, an international telecom company, confirmed the outage due to the Distributed Denial of Service attack.
The company explained the issue was resolved within 30 minutes.
New Zealand’s third-largest internet provider Vocus NZ was hit by an aggressive DDoS attack that triggered a widespread internet outage.
A spokesperson said that the Vocus engineering team has verified the issue is related to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.
Vocus holds around 15 percent of the country’s broadband customers and owns Orcon, Slingshot. Flip and stuff fibre.
The attack took place on Friday, September 3rd, and the outage lasted for 30 minutes.
“This afternoon, our network was impacted by a DDoS attack. This will have affected a range of Vocus customers for approximately 30 minutes,” reads the network status update published by the company.
“Our engineers were able to resolve the problem quickly, and customers should have come back online automatically. Please contact your account manager if you are unable to connect.”
The attack caused a significant outage on the customers, most working from home due to COVID-19 restrictions.
“New Zealand’s third-largest internet provider Vocus NZ said on Friday its response to a cyberattack temporarily triggered a widespread internet outage,” reported Reuters.