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

[Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org>]

It's important to not form an opinion too early, especially anyone involved with forensic analysis of these systems. 
This is a classic fault in amateur investigation: an early opinion will lead you into confirmation bias, irrationally 
accepting data agreeing with your opinions and rejecting that disproving it. 

 -mel beckman

> On Jul 8, 2015, at 10:07 AM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () mykolab com> wrote:
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> NYSE: "The issue we are experiencing is an internal technical issue
> and is not the result of a cyber breach."
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> https://twitter.com/NYSE/status/618818929906085888
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> United Air statement CNBC: “An issue with a router degraded network
> connectivity for various applications. We fixed the router."
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> https://twitter.com/barronstechblog/status/618816643821633536
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> - - ferg
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> > On 7/8/2015 9:36 AM, Paul Ferguson wrote:
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> > All completely coincidental networking issues, not related to
> > anything malicious.
> >
> > - ferg
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> >
> > > On 7/8/2015 9:26 AM, Matthew Huff wrote:
> > >
> > > Hmmm,
> >
> > > Wall Street Journal and NYSE both down….
> >
> > > 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 () ianai net> wrote:
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> > > >
> > > > Lifted as of 0920 EDT.
> > > >
> > > > <http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/07/08/united-airlines-flights-in-us-
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> rounded-due-to-computer-issues/?intcmp=latestnews>
> > > >
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