Viasat Traces Outage to Exploit of VPN Misconfiguration. About 30,000 modems were knocked offline in central Europe at nearly the same time Russian forces invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. The U.S. government warned that it is “aware of possible threats” to satellite communications networks. The outage affected infrastructure run by communications company Viaat, based in Carlsbad, California. The company says it has already shipped about 30,00 replacement modems and that more are available if needed.”]
Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/viasat-traces-outage-to-exploit-vpn-misconfiguration-a-18815