BlackBerry reports problems in Europe, Middle East
Published: October 10, 2011 10:42 AM By The Associated Press
LONDON - (AP) -- "The maker of BlackBerry says it's investigating an unidentified issue affecting customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Research in Motion Ltd. gave few further details Monday, but telephone companies whose customers use the company's smartphones said that Internet access and BlackBerry's popular messenger service appeared to be affected." ( ...excerpted... story below...)
BlackBerry reports problems in Europe, Middle East
I was aware of retaliatory threats from hacker/black hat groups in the wake of the post-London fiasco...
what are the odds there in Slough? I would assume RIM is obligated to disclose any breaches... or not?
... Fox News
"The problem appears to have originated from a downed data center in Slough, UK, which handles Blackberry services for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. RIM confirmed the service outage on its UK Twitter stream.
�Some users in EMEA are experiencing issues,� the company tweeted. �We're investigating, and we apologise for any inconvenience.�
A subsequent statement said Blackberry was "working to resolve an issue currently impacting some Blackberry subscribers in Europe Middle East and Africa."
Mobile carriers were quick to blame RIM for the glitch."
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...ons-worldwide/
System redundancy will handle minor glitches... the magnitude of this event makes me believe the server farm in Slough was willingly taken down by RIM to avoid DOS breach/damage, as I curl up in a corner, fetal position, in my paranoid delusional world... remember...
just because you're paranoid, doesn't automatically mean that they aren't out to get you!
But rest assured, I am sure they are working hard to do the right things for the consumer.
And by coincidence (?)...
"The outage occurred as RIM's co-CEO Jim Balsillie and other executives were in Dubai for the annual GITEX electronics show"
BlackBerry Problems Reported: Services Down In Europe, Middle East, Africa
... and today is the "BBM Hack-a-thon" in Chi-town...
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Chicago
When: Oct. 10th and 11th
Where: Courtyard Chicago Downtown/Magnificent Mile, 165 East Ontario Street
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Some good libation-laced conversations today/tonight over today's events, I would assume... :D