Denmark experienced significant disruptions after a severe outage affected one of the country’s largest mobile networks, impacting emergency services and prompting investigations to determine the cause.
TDC Net reported that the outage may have resulted from a recent network update, adding that there is no evidence to suggest a cyber attack was responsible. As a consequence of the network failure, at least one hospital had to reduce non-critical care services. During the outage, some people were unable to contact emergency services, leading to security patrols in certain areas to assist those in need.
Danish media reported that delays occurred on trains and buses in various regions due to signaling problems, causing chaos in stations and passengers being stranded on some trains.
The Centre for Cyber Security, Denmark’s national IT security authority, and the Danish Defence Intelligence Service could not confirm if the mobile network issues were connected to transportation disruptions. By Thursday evening, TDC announced it had implemented a fix allowing users to resume calls, although at a lower sound quality.
The company advised customers needing to contact emergency services on number 112 to remove the SIM card from their phones before making the call.
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