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Several european banks are also having issues with their login sites and online services. Backends are working though. I know, it's far fetched to throw them in the same bucket, and I won't, but it feels like there is happening some kind of reorganization on the net, which in the worst case would be some kind of global state-sponsored MITM-layer getting set up, maybe to prepare for new techs like 5G and TLS1.3.



My metaphorical tinfoil hat tells me that all the sudden security meetings yesterday (Putin, European Security Council, US VP Pence) were about this.


If I were going to buy into any theory other than coincidence my bet would be on an emergency patch situation where we're seeing the rushed deployment.

But it's probably just a coincidence.


That is not terribly far fetched. Cisco powers a lot of the core and has had nasty zero days before.


And on top of that highly classified Russian submarine allegedly used to tap on undersea cables has sunk on Monday.


One of the biggest banks in Brazil (state owned) is currently having the same problem, bb.com.br




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