Multinational telco Colt Technology Services says a “cyber incident” is to blame for its customer portal and other services being down for a number of days
Per its status page, the issues began on August 12 when a reported incident led to disrupted services for some customers. The London-headquartered company’s customer portal, Colt Online, was the most notable service the attack rendered unavailable, and it remains down as of Friday.
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Source: MSN News
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