Cyber Sabotage Cripples Alton’s Connectivity in Coordinated Infrastructure Attack
The city of Alton, Illinois, unexpectedly became the center of a major telecommunications emergency this week as a deliberate attack on critical communication infrastructure disabled internet and phone services across significant portions of the city. What initially appeared to be routine network downtime quickly escalated into a full-scale public service disruption that affected both government operations and residential users. By the time Spectrum—one of the largest broadband providers in the United States—released its midday statement describing the incident as a “criminal attack”, it was clear that this was no ordinary outage. This event is far more than a localized inconvenience. … Read more
