Skip to main content
institutional access

You are connecting from
Lake Geneva Public Library,
please login or register to take advantage of your institution's Ground News Plan.

Published loading...Updated

This Was Not a Technical Problem, but a Cyber Attack: Aggression Against Salt, a Symbol of a Vulnerable Switzerland Facing Hackers Targeting Its Critical Infrastructure

Summary by Le Temps
The breakdown suffered on Friday evening by the telecom operator was due to a cyberattack, learned "Le Temps". This incident, which follows in particular the one suffered by Group 3R (Roma Radiological Network), illustrates the fragility of the Swiss L-incident looked like a breakdown as the telecom operators sometimes experience. On Friday 15 May, around 7pm, Salt customers observed a break in connection for several tens of minutes. Unable to c…

4 Articles

Lean Left

The breakdown suffered on Friday evening by the telecom operator was due to a cyberattack, learned "Le Temps". This incident, which follows in particular the one suffered by Group 3R (Roma Radiological Network), illustrates the fragility of the Swiss L-incident looked like a breakdown as the telecom operators sometimes experience. On Friday 15 May, around 7pm, Salt customers observed a break in connection for several tens of minutes. Unable to c…

Last Friday, Salt's fixed network failed. The reason for the malfunction was not a technical problem, but a DDoS attack on the Telko.

The Swiss network provider Salt failed in Switzerland on Friday. Now it is clear that the company was the victim of a cyberattack. The Salt fixed network was down all over Switzerland on Friday. Picture: keystoneThe Swiss network provider Salt failed in Switzerland on Friday. Now it is clear that the company was the victim of a cyberattack.Numerous Swiss users of services such as Netflix, Tiktok or Cloudflare were affected by a malfunction on Fr…

·Zürich, Switzerland
Read Full Article

On Friday, Salt customers across Switzerland experienced a failure of their fixed network. The company now confirms that it has been the victim of a DDoS attack.

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 100% of the sources lean Left
100% Left

Factuality Info Icon

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

Info Icon

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

Le Temps broke the news on Sunday, May 17, 2026.
Too Big Arrow Icon
Sources are mostly out of (0)

Similar News Topics

News
Feed Dots Icon
For You
Search Icon
Search
Blindspot LogoBlindspotLocal