The transport cable has been affected again by a DDoS attack

Following the disruptions recorded on our networks since yesterday April 16, 2023, at midday. It is essential to review the facts and the situation of this morning, says Dauphin Telecom.

Indeed, the transport cable linking the West Indies to the North American continent has been affected again yesterday by a DDoS attack. As a reminder, a DDoS attack is a type of attack that infiltrates websites or a network by flooding it with malicious traffic to make it unavailable.

For the protection of our users, our technical teams organize network load shedding, which aims to protect the networks and data of everyone. However, this leads to a degraded mode of services by causing service interruptions.