Europe suffered 51 ‘severe’ communications outages in 2011: report

Eleven European countries suffered major communications outages last year, according to a new report by the European Union’s top cyber-security agency.
The report, released on Thursday by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), said that 11 EU member states reported 51 “severe outages” in their countries’ communications networks and services during 2011.
The report said 60 percent of the incidents affected cellular networks or mobile internet, with the remainder involving services such as fixed phone and internet, messaging and email.
According to ENISA, the main…

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