ARRL Hit by Cyber Attack -- LoTW Down

The LoTW site has been down for over a week since the ARRL was hit by a cyber attack last week.

https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-syste...ice-disruption

LoTW? Never touch the stuff.

Yeah. Understandably, there hasn't been a lot of transparency about this, and so gossip is filling the information vacuum.

Logbook, you say?

...opens desk drawer, looks at Drake, Radio Shack and ARRL spiral bound logbooks...

Yep; still safe and secure.

WRT "hacks":

In terms of system security, you get what you pay for.

Topic came up during the monthly club breakfast this AM.

Word is that it’s a ransomware attack, but on the ARRL’s ISP(s), not the League itself.

Regardless, the silence is deafening. And N2RJ is looking more and more prescient.

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Originally Posted by N8YX

Logbook, you say?

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Despite its name, the LoTW was never intended to be a logbook. It's a way to confirm contacts. Since you have to upload contact info to LoTW, you already have the log info stored locally. Anyone who uses LoTW as their only way to keep contact info (and assuming they value that information) is stupid.

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Originally Posted by W6UV

Anyone who uses LoTW as their only way to keep contact info (and assuming they value that information) is stupid.

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Plenty do.

And I suppose the thing is still down.

Yes, it's still down. Perhaps people will learn their lesson, but I doubt it...

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Originally Posted by W6UV

Yes, it's still down. Perhaps people will learn their lesson, but I doubt it...

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It's the ARRL. They're too arrogant to learn their lesson. "Regulation By Bandwidth" (2x) anyone?

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Originally Posted by KJ3N

It's the ARRL. They're too arrogant < snip >

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That’s why we need a new ARRL CEO and replace about 2/3 of the Bored, er, Board Of Directors.

Bur that topic should be a thread in it’s own right.