RIPE Account Hacking Leads to Major Internet Outage at Orange Spain

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Orange Spain customers were unable to access the internet for several hours on January 3 as a result of a hacker attack that appears to have involved credentials stolen by malware.

The hacker took control of Orange Spain’s account with the RIPE Network Coordination Center (NCC). RIPE stands for Réseaux IP Européens, ‘European IP Networks’ in French. The RIPE NCC is the regional internet registry for Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia, and it’s responsible for allocating and registering blocks of internet number resources to ISPs and other organizations.

RIPE Account Hacking Leads to Major Internet Outage at Orange Spain