United Airlines is Down (!) due to network connectivity problems

Wed Jul 8 16:50:29 UTC 2015

Once is happenstance
Twice is coincidence
Three times is enemy action…

Serious, could all be just everyone having a bad day. On the other hand, the WSJ has to deal with DOS/DDOS all the time, and usually if the NYSE has issues, it’s normally on a Monday.

> On Jul 8, 2015, at 12:36 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster at mykolab.com> wrote:
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> All completely coincidental networking issues, not related to anything
> malicious.
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> - - ferg
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> On 7/8/2015 9:26 AM, Matthew Huff wrote:
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>> Hmmm,
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>> Wall Street Journal and NYSE both down….
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>> WSJ has a static page up…
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>> DDOS ???
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>>> On Jul 8, 2015, at 10:51 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore
>>> <patrick at ianai.net> wrote:
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>>> Lifted as of 0920 EDT.
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>>> <http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/07/08/united-airlines-flights-in-us-g
> rounded-due-to-computer-issues/?intcmp=latestnews>
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>>> TTFN, patrick
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>>>> On Jul 08, 2015, at 10:06 , Marshall Eubanks
>>>> <marshall.eubanks at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/08/us-ual-flights-idUSKCN0PI1
> IX20150708
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> At least, that's what I just heard on the radio. I know no other details
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>>>> Regards Marshall Eubanks
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> Paul Ferguson
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