"Dish Network Confirms Ransomware Outage"

Satellite television company Dish Network has recently revealed that ransomware was the cause of a multi-day outage impacting customers.  The Colorado-headquartered firm, which also owns wireless service provider Boost Mobile and streaming provider Sling, revealed the news in an SEC filing yesterday.  Dish Network stated it “experienced a network outage that affected internal servers and IT telephony” on February 23.  Dish Network noted that they immediately activated their incident response and business continuity plans designed to contain, assess and remediate the situation.  The company has hired cybersecurity experts to help investigate the incident.  On February 27, 2023, the company became aware that certain data was extracted from the corporation’s IT systems as part of this incident.  The company noted that the investigation might reveal that the extracted data includes personal information.  The incident downed both the Dish and Boost Mobile website and support lines.  Boost Mobile users were reportedly also told they may have trouble paying their bill.  The company stated that Dish, Sling, and its wireless and data networks remain operational, however, the corporation’s internal communications, customer call centers, and internet sites are still dealing with and are affected by the incident.  

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