Frontier Communications Shuts Down Systems After Cyberattack (bleepingcomputer.com) 6
U.S. telecom provider Frontier Communications shut down its systems after a cybercrime group breached some of its IT systems in a recent cyberattack. BleepingComputer reports: Frontier is a leading U.S. communications provider that provides gigabit Internet speeds over a fiber-optic network to millions of consumers and businesses across 25 states. After discovering the incident, the company was forced to partially shut down some systems to prevent the threat actors from laterally moving through the network, which also led to some operational disruptions. Despite this, Frontier says the attackers could access some PII data, although it didn't disclose if it belonged to customers, employees, or both.
"On April 14, 2024, Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. [..] detected that a third party had gained unauthorized access to portions of its information technology environment," the company revealed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. "Based on the Company's investigation, it has determined that the third party was likely a cybercrime group, which gained access to, among other information, personally identifiable information." Frontier now believes that it has contained the breach, has since restored its core IT systems affected during the incident, and is working on restoring normal business operations.
"On April 14, 2024, Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. [..] detected that a third party had gained unauthorized access to portions of its information technology environment," the company revealed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. "Based on the Company's investigation, it has determined that the third party was likely a cybercrime group, which gained access to, among other information, personally identifiable information." Frontier now believes that it has contained the breach, has since restored its core IT systems affected during the incident, and is working on restoring normal business operations.
Surprised? (Score:2)
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And Frontier subscribers tell me to get the very fast and cheap fiber over expensive cable. :(
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I have Frontier at home. It is actually fast. My Ethernet-connected computers register both upload and download speeds close to 1Gbps.
But, just about every evening, or night, it goes down for 1 to 5 minutes. Strangely, the router also seems to shut off the WiFi at this time, which means that some connections within my LAN fail.
I did not experience these dropped connections with Comcast. Comcast's upload speeds were utter crap, but the connection typically stayed up for many months.
"Leading"... You Keep Using That Word... (Score:2)
I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means
To call Frontier Communications a "leading U.S. communications provider" in 2024 (or for that matter, anytime in the last two decades really) is akin to proclaiming that an abacus is a "leading computational device".