Threat Pulse 62High
Orange mobile outage during Oct 24 protests; Bitchat tops App Store
Severity 2ResolvedreportedTelecom

Mobile networks down in parts of France amid protests; Bluetooth messenger Bitchat became the #1 social app. Cause not stated as cyber. Who is affected: French mobile users.

What to do: Cause not stated as cyber; listed for telecom resilience. Keep an offline way to reach family. Orange says core network equipment failure, not a cyber attack; restored Oct 21. Builder flags it off-topic (no cyber cause). Suggest dropping or labeling "not cyber".

· 12 days ago · French mobile users · gizmodo.com
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@UnTalNixon_exeverifiedOct 24, 01:48 UTC

En Francia se cayeron las redes móviles y la gente se puso a bajar en masa una app que no necesita internet. Bitchat, la mensajería por Bluetooth de Jack Dorsey, llegó al #1 de redes sociales en el App Store francés justo cuando

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@Orange_FranceverifiedOct 21, 19:26 UTC

Le réseau mobile Orange est rétabli. Les appels, SMS et services mobiles sont de nouveau opérationnels pour l’ensemble de nos clients, particuliers comme entreprises. Nos équipes techniques restent mobilisées et continuent de surveiller le réseau pour garantir la stabilité des se

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Not cyber: Orange attributes the outage to equipment failure; kept for the record, does not move the index

Updated Nov 5, 01:48 UTC. Refreshes on its own.

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