An outage lasting several hours on Thursday that left 73,000 AT&T users without cellphone service gave Americans a glimpse of how devastating a targeted cyber strike on critical infrastructure could be.
Although some analysts initially questioned if the outage was the result of a potential cyberattack, the Dallas-based cell provider ultimately blamed an error in coding for the day's events.
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Marisa Herman ✉
Marisa Herman, a Newsmax senior reporter, focuses on major and investigative stories. A University of Florida graduate, she has more than a decade of experience as a reporter for newspapers, magazines, and websites.