During the 6th December 2018, O2 and many other operators than use the O2 network suffered major outages leaving millions of customers with no communications.
Many rumors started to spread saying the company’s networks have been hacked or compromised, O2 quiet quickly squashed that rumor saying that they were not hacked.
24 hours later a high proportion of the network is back up, what was the cause of this major incident, apparently, some Ericson equipment using a faulty version of the software had certificates that expired this rendered them not trustworthy and so security protocols kicked in and shut down the offending equipment.
Ericson has apologised to their customers saying most of the affected customers’ network services have been successfully restored. We are working closely with the remaining customers that are still experiencing issues.
So far 2 days later all seems to be back to normal.
O2 has kindly offered 2 days compensation for the 6th December interruptions.
Welcome to the beautiful festive season of panic buying, wrapping and posting.
It might sound simple, but ensuring your perfect gift arrives in time can be trickier than you think.
Whether you’re looking to post an item or receive it before 25 December; it’s important that you know your deadlines to avoid tears on Christmas morning – and to help, we’ve broken down the key dates for your diary below.
Royal Mail has officially published its recommended posting dates for Christmas 2018
Dates in full:
Tuesday 18 December – Royal Mail 2nd Class | Royal Mail Signed For 2nd® Class
Thursday 20 December – Royal Mail 1st Class | Royal Mail Signed For® 1st Class | Parcelforce Worldwide express48 & express48 Large
Friday 21 December – Parcelforce Worldwide express24, AM, 9 & 10
Saturday 22 December – Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed®
Information provided by the Post Office
At this part of the year, we see a sudden increase in Phishing emails.
Generally, they will ask you to fill out a form requesting all of your details including passwords