AT&T reports that its nationwide outage was not caused by a cyberattack
The company said that (according to an initial review) "the outage was caused by the application and execution of an incorrect process used while we were expanding our network."
AT&T reported that the failure that generated a nationwide outage was not caused by a cyberattack. In a post on X, the company said:
In an earlier post, the company apologized for the outage and assured that "all wireless service has been restored."
AT&T service outage
Last Thursday, AT&T acknowledged the issue on its X account and stated that it was working to restore service:
According to user and media reports, such as NBC, some Verizon and T-Mobile customers also reported outages. However, reports of outages at these companies were less widespread than those at AT&T..
Meanwhile, NBC reported that "Over 32,000 AT&T outages were reported by customers about 4 a.m. ET Thursday. Reports dipped then spiked again to more than 50,000 around 7 a.m., with most issues reported in Houston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and Atlanta."
The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI reported that they were investigating the reason for the outages.