Attack on MEO's International Network Did Not Compromise Operator or Customer Data
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In Meo's services on Monday and Tuesday, they were provoked by an attack of "denial of service" to international connections, assures the operator, removing frailties in their network. The connection with the other operators was affected, causing sporadic communication difficulties, but the networks of NOS, Vodafone and Digi were safe from this attack.
Incidents were caused by "distributed service denial attack (DDoS)", which resulted in instability in data referrals between large networks. Rapid action of the technical team guaranteed protection and prevented intrusion into the systems. Episode was reported to the National Cybersecurity Center.
Meo's technical analysis confirmed that the company was the target of a service denial distribution attack. The incident was reported to the National Cybersecurity Center.
Company assures CM that there was no intrusion or access to operator or customer data. Cybersecurity Action Center was alerted.
The technical analysis carried out by Meo's teams confirms that the incidents were caused by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, as there was no intrusion into the customer and company data, said today official source.
A mass attack hit MEO and caused embarrassment in several services. Despite the impact on the international network, the operator guarantees that it was able to quickly recover stability and ensures that the attack did not result in any access to customer data.
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