Something is happening with Orange, one of the large operators in Spain. Since the early afternoon of January 3, many of its users have reported problems with their connectivity on peninsular Spanish time) and were fired shortly after.
The reason, far from being a temporary drop in service, as happens from time to time with almost any operator, seems more serious. As published by the specialized website, This is an attack: someone has hijacked Orange’s RIPE NCC accountwhich is seriously affecting its operations and leaving its clients without Internet access.
Restoring service would not be immediate
RIPE NCC (Réseau IP Européens Network Coordination Centre), is a fundamental organization for the management of IP addresses and the coordination of internet infrastructure in Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia. There are only five organizations in the world that are dedicated to this, and they are distributed to users from all over the planet by geographical areas.
The alleged attacker, identified as Ms_Snow_OwO in X, has claimed responsibility for the hijacking of the Orange account and published screenshots as evidence. She did it in the early hours of Tuesday to Wednesday, many hours before the connectivity incidents began.
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The attacker would be altering the data
Such an incident, if confirmed, not only disrupts connectivity, but It also exposes the vulnerability of information systems and networks.because in addition to leaving customers without service, it endangers the security of their data.
Orange, for its part, has not published an official statement yet… but it has responded to a very angry user’s complaint by admitting a problem, without specifying which one, and explaining that “it is already working to solve it as soon as possible.” He has assured other irate clients that they hope to achieve this “in the course of the next few hours.”
We have contacted Orange to find out their version and we will update this article as soon as we receive a response.
