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

[Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>]

UA, WSJ /and/ NYSE all in the same day?

Once is an accident;  twice is a coincidence...

Three times is enemy action.

On July 8, 2015 1:18:47 PM EDT, Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () mykolab com> wrote:
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> Given that the Internet is held together with paper clips, bailing
> twine, and bubblegum, I'd prefer to take theses organizations' initial
> word for the fact that there is nothing obviously malicious in these
> outages.
>
> The mainstream press, on the other hand, seems to want it to be a hack
> or data breach or... something other than a "glitch". :-)
>
> - - ferg
>
>
> On 7/8/2015 10:15 AM, Mel Beckman wrote:
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> > 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:
> > NYSE: "The issue we are experiencing is an internal technical issue
> > and is not the result of a cyber breach."
> >
> > https://twitter.com/NYSE/status/618818929906085888
> >
> > United Air statement CNBC: “An issue with a router degraded network
> > connectivity for various applications. We fixed the router."
> >
> > https://twitter.com/barronstechblog/status/618816643821633536
> >
> > - ferg
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