Indeed, though it does not negate the fact that Voipfone have not had protection in place. Looking at changes to their ASN today, it appears they are racing to sit behind upstream providers who can give them protection, which was clearly missing prior.

It certainly makes you question their network claims, especially as they still make reference on their website to directly be peering with Telewest, NTL, Pipex and Tiscali to name but a few.

There's certainly some very nasty characters out there.

I've just been reading about the various publicised ransomware attacks just in the last two years, 2020 and so far this year

These are the ones that are made public....makes for sobering reading!

TheRegister is saying they've been hit with "colossal ransom demand" possibly from Russian cybercriminal gang REvil.

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TheRegister is saying they've been hit with "colossal ransom demand" possibly from Russian cybercriminal gang REvil.

My read from this is that both of those providers are quite small and are now working out what to do. Makes me glad I'm using an organisation that has been managing internet traffic for years as a traditional ISP before adding voice services.

"UK Comms Council have communicated to us that other UK SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) providers are affected and identified them as a criminal hacking organisation called REvil who appear to be undertaking planned and organised DDoS attacks against VoIP companies in the UK," he said.

Wonder who the other SIP providers are…?

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Wonder who the other SIP providers are…?

I wonder if they can't say if its gone legal?

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Wonder who the other SIP providers are…?

VoIP Unlimited is another we have come across.

It does make me wonder just how safe the telephone service might be once we all have to move to a VoIP type service. As you get older and more frail a working phone goes from a convenience to a necessity.

The home broadband providers offering phone service do it on a closed network, so it wouldn't be vulnerable to an attack where the method being employed is to DDoS the SIP proxy endpoints with millions of registration attempts. VoIP got a reputation for being far more cost effective than ISDN30 or similar ways of delivering voice, but maybe it's worth looking at having your SIP provided by a private connection if your voice services are critical. Not that it would help much if the infrastructure is shared with public-facing servers.

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maybe it's worth looking at having your SIP provided by a private connection if your voice services are critical. Not that it would help much if the infrastructure is shared with public-facing servers.

Maybe that is why the likes of BT retail are more expensive for voice services via the broadband, than others. Some CM's are charging £4.99 upto others at nearly £18/m !!