Posted 2/23/2024, 4:08:00 PM
AT&T Outage Briefly Disrupts Cell Service for Tens of Thousands; Company Blames Technical Error, Not Cyber Attack
- AT&T blamed a technical error, not a cyber attack, for the outage that knocked out cell service across the U.S.
- The outage began around 330am ET and peaked at 73,000 reported incidents
- iPhone users saw SOS messages on their phones during the outage
- The FCC, Department of Homeland Security, and FBI looked into the outage
- Congressional committees said they would investigate to prevent future incidents