Experts reveal what they think caused massive Verizon outage - and if your data is safe
Daily MailVerizon's nationwide outage that left thousands of people without service on Monday has sparked fears that the disruption was caused by a major cyberattack. The CEO of a leading global cybersecurity firm explained that hackers could've prompted Verizon's online routers to release a malicious signal to cell towers, disrupting communications for thousands of people. Experts said it is plausible that a cyberattack could have caused Verizon's nationwide outage on Monday Verizon users across the nation were impacted by the outage, but the majority were located in the Midwest. Verizon hasn't confirmed what caused yesterday's outage, but Dave Hatter, the director of business growth at Intrust IT told DailyMail.com: 'The fact that Verizon has not indicated what cause the problem or how they will ensure that it will not happen again has caused some to speculate that it could be a cyberattack. Hanslovan speculated that the Verizon outage could have been caused by hackers accessing some of the company's online routers and redirecting signals to and from Verizon's cell towers to disrupt cell service throughout the country.
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