Voip.ms outage due to “sustained DDoS attack” for over 24hrs

https://twitter.com/voipms/status/1438963491994546178

by canada_dry • 5 years ago

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bell-cot4• 5 years ago

Plausibly related to some recent attacks on other VoIP providers -

https://www.uctoday.com/unified-communications/3-uk-voip-pro...

https://www.hackread.com/revil-gang-hits-uk-itsps-ransom-ddo...

bell-cot4• 5 years ago

In case anyone's looking here for an update...

Latest from VoIP.ms's Twitter was at 4:30pm (EDT) yesterday (~26 hours ago).

VoIP.ms's web site is usually up. Behind heavy CloudFlare protection.

At least at $Day_Job, VoIP.ms phone service continues to be ~100% down.

No updates I could find from a few quick Googles, but a Belgian ISP is being DDoS's with a vaguely similar timeframe (dunno if VoIP.ms has any connection to them) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28578399

canada_dry• 5 years ago

I've been able to use voip.ms to make/recv calls this afternoon, but their website, sms and other services continue to be down despite their move to have cloudflare disintermediate their "ddos issue".

bell-cot4• 5 years ago

News update about the (ongoing) DDoS attack, and (alleged, I've not seen this bit elsewhere) ~$4.3 million demand to end it - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/voipms-phone-...

On Twitter, Voip.ms continues their defiant tone.

At $Day_Job, our VoIP.ms phone service continues to be ~100% down. :(

poleguy• 5 years ago

Just last month I switched over my copper land-line phone number that's been in the family at this address for over 50 years to voip.ms using an ATA. I'm pretty sure this is the longest it has ever been down in that entire 50 year period. On the flip side, I'm now paying $0.85/month compared to $45+/month with AT&T. (Oak Park, Illinois)

bell-cot4• 5 years ago

Another minor update to this old item...

2 more news stories in the past ~24 hours. But they don't add much to what Bleeping Computer said yesterday ( https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/voipms-phone-... ) -

https://o.canada.com/technology/tech-news/canadian-voip-prov...

https://www.bollyinside.com/news/ddos-extortion-attack-disru...

On Twitter (story link at top), VoIP.ms continues the "our team is working 24/7...thank our customers for their patience...etc." tone. No mention there the attacker's identity, ransom demands, or such.

At $Day_Job, there is no sign yet of our VoIP.ms phones being able to place calls, or receive calls, or even route callers to our voice mail.

[Be real nice if some of those "Five Eyes" spooks, who are not overly popular on HN, could quietly resolve this situation...]

nick__m• 5 years ago

I have switched from montreal6 to denver2 it's not optimal but it currently work

monkeybrains• 5 years ago

We were down all day -- our strategy -- forward the number to a Vonage line that automatically goes to voicemail -- voicemails are transcribed to text and emailed to us. It's a hack.

Voip.ms outage due to “sustained DDoS attack” for over 24hrs

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