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News The blog was in response to a CIA statement, reported by security training body the Sans Institute, that a cyberattack had caused a power blackout in multiple cities in a country outside the US. Security from A to Z [24 Jan 2008]
CIA: Cyberattacks cut power to "multiple cities"
News The CIA has said a cyberattack caused a power blackout in multiple cities in a country outside the US. Security training body the Sans Institute reported the CIA's disclosure. Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and... [21 Jan 2008]
Top 10 mobile & wireless stories of the year
News BlackBerry blackout hits RIM's customers The big mobile story for 2007 has to be Apple's entry into the market with the long awaited and much hyped iPhone - which launched in the US in June and arrived in the UK in November, in partnership with O2. [13 Dec 2007]
Stories of the month - April 2007
News Update: BlackBerry blackout hits RIM's customers April is the cruellest month - and it's certainly been less than kind to CrackBerry addicts in North America who were forced to go cold turkey as an outage took their beloved devices offline for... [30 Apr 2007]
BlackBerry blackout: RIM breaks its silence
News RIM has finally given some details about what caused a severe outage of its popular BlackBerry email service. The company said in a statement it had ruled out security and capacity issues as a cause of the outage that left millions of so called... [20 Apr 2007]
BlackBerry blackout: Is RIM overreaching itself?
News RIM's massive BlackBerry email outage this week highlights how vulnerable the company's network has become as it tries to keep up with demand for its popular service. RIM did not provide details of what caused the outage, which left millions of... [19 Apr 2007]
Update: BlackBerry blackout hits RIM's customers
News Users in other countries, including the UK, who connect via a North American server will also be experiencing the blackout. BlackBerry addicts were forced to undergo a period of unplanned cold turkey last night after a massive outage on Tuesday. [18 Apr 2007]
Hackers strike at the heart of the internet
News A representative for the company said: "We would call it a brownout instead of a blackout. There are signs hackers attacked key parts of the backbone of the internet yesterday but no damage seems to have been done, experts said. [07 Feb 2007]
10 top tips to keep PCs running through the heatwave
News Turn off power during a blackout. When power is restored after a blackout, the signal can initially be inconsistent, which can cause damage It's not just humans that are starting to suffer in the hot weather. [04 Jul 2006]
US ill-prepared for "cyber Katrina"
News The US has never experienced a massive internet outage but a coalition of dynamic chief executives said on Friday the nation must do more to prepare for that prospect. The cautionary document was a product of the Business Roundtable, whose 160... [26 Jun 2006]
Aramiska users scrabble to find supplier after web blackout
News When satellite broadband provider Aramiska shut down its service with just hours' notice late last week, a number of rural networks and businesses too far from local exchanges for traditional connectivity suddenly found themselves plunged into... [30 Jan 2006]
Feud erupts between network firms
News A similar net blackout happened in 2001, when Cable & Wireless and PSINet were embroiled in a billing dispute. Two major internet backbone companies are feuding, potentially cutting off significant swaths of the internet for some of each other's... [06 Oct 2005]
CIO Jury: London bombings prompt disaster recovery checks
News The London terrorist bombings on 7 July have led to an increase in the number of businesses reviewing, testing and in some cases beefing up their disaster recovery and business continuity plans. Two-thirds of silicon.com's 12-man CIO Jury panel of... [18 Aug 2005]
Gartner: Don't believe the tech security myths
News In any case, he said, a worm attack was far more likely to cause a brownout rather than a complete blackout. A Gartner analyst has sought to debunk the most common security myths affecting the technology industry. [25 Jul 2005]
US election fever grips web
News Kerry's site did not experience any, while GeorgeWBush.com went down for just more than an hour on 2 September and had a six-hour blackout on 20 September. US voters flocked to the web on Tuesday, as news sites pulled out the stops on Election Day... [03 Nov 2004]
