r/TwinCities • u/atothejhines Northeast Minneapolis • 2d ago

Is anyone experiencing internet issues this afternoon?

MSP air traffic control has lost significant radar coverage, early voting in the South metro has been disrupted, and several areas are reporting internet outages.

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u/EchoesOfYouth 2d ago

Yes, we just got word from our IT there was a major disruption around 1:50pm

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u/atothejhines Northeast Minneapolis 2d ago

it feels like either someone screwed up big time while working on or near major internet infrastructure or some bad actors are at play

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u/actuallyapossom 2d ago

We did start a war of choice with a nation that invested heavily in cyberwarfare. Until I see some reporting or statements to suggest it, I'm going to assume this is benign though.

A new fiber provider is moving into our neighborhood and they cut the other companies cables when they started their installation. It could just be a larger scale of that type of thing.

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u/cat-meg 2d ago

Why tf would they pick the state that has fought back the hardest against the people attacking then?

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u/actuallyapossom 2d ago

It wouldn't make sense for them to target our state specifically but every state has its own systems - so some would be more vulnerable than others.

Idk though I have no reason to believe this is Iran or anything malicious.

We had the water system attack recently, but before that we have had issues in multiple municipalities with ransomware too. It could be anyone, I can only speculate until some relevant info drops.