The massive outage that knocked out cellphone service for tens of thousands of AT&T users for hours Thursday was likely caused by a glitch in a software update — as viral photos show helpless AT&T store workers being harassed by angry customers.AT&T blamed the large-scale service disruption that impacted more than 70,000 users across the US and parts of Canada at its peak on an unspecified coding error and not on a cyberattack, as widely feared.“Based on our initial review, we believe that today’s outage wa ...

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: FILE -- A cellular phone tower is shown on Monday, May 22, 2017 in High Ridge, Mo. A number of Americans are dealing with cellular outages Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, on AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other service providers, according to data from Downdetector. Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Roberson AT&T said the hourslong ...

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The cause of Thursday's AT&T network outage has been revealed. In a statement posted Thursday evening to the company's website and shared with CNET, the carrier said the issue was the result of software and not a cyber attack. "Based on our initial review, we believe that today's outage was caused by the application and execution of an incorrect process used as we were expanding our network, not a cyber attack," the statement says. "We are continuing our assessment of today's outage to ensure we keep delive ...

AT&T cell service went out for tens of thousands of Americans on Thursday.The reason for the outage isn't clear — and now the FBI, the FCC, and Homeland Security are looking into it. But US officials were told there's no reason to suspect a cybersecurity incident yet.  NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read preview Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. ...

A widespread and hours-long outage dinged the reputation and the stock price of incumbent telecom company AT&T (T -2.41%) on Thursday. Like the outage itself the damage was contained; still, investors traded out of the stock, and it closed the day more than 2% lower. That compared unfavorably to the trajectory of the S&P 500 index, which rose at roughly the same percentage rate.Outages remain a mysteryAT&T's wireless outage began around 3:30 a.m. ET on Thursday and affected people in cities throughout the U ...

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: A cellular phone tower is shown on Monday, May 22, 2017 in High Ridge, Mo. A number of Americans are dealing with cellular outages Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, on AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other service providers, according to data from Downdetector. Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Roberson Customers of AT&T, the country's ...

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A cellular outage early on Thursday hit thousands of AT&T users in the United States, disrupting calls and text messages as well as emergency services in major cities including San Francisco.About 70,000 incidents were reported around 10:00 a.m. ET, according to data from outage-tracking website Downdetector.com. The cause of Thursday's outage was not immediately clear."Some of our customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions this morning," AT&T said in a statement to CNBC. "We are working urge ...

AT&T has encountered sporadic outages over the past few days, including a temporary 911 outage in some parts of the southeastern United States. Although outages happen from time to time, nationwide, prolonged outages are exceedingly rare.Although AT&T provided no official reason for the outage, the issue appears to be related to how cellular services hand off calls from one network to the next, a process known as peering, according to an industry source who spoke on the condition of anonymity.There’s no ind ...