Arrl Gives Its Account Of Recent Network Shutdown

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Arrl Gives Its Account Of Recent Network Shutdown

As phones came back into service at the Connecticut headquarters of the ARRL, the league's communications remained sparse and carefully worded about the apparent cyberattack that disabled its networks, servers and other systems, including Logbook of the World.

Breaking a public silence of not quite one week, the league said on its website that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and third-party experts had been called in, early on, to help investigate. The league said that managers formed an incident response team.

The league's message, posted on the 4th of June on its website, offered no insights as to whether the source of the network shutdown came from an internal or external attack but said the FBI told them they considered the incident "unique.". The league offered no further explanation. The ARRL has said that no sensitive data, such as credit card numbers, had been exposed and any details about members were already publicly accessible from other sites.

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Russia Withdraws From Worldwide Flora & Fauna

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The Russian Flora and Fauna organisation has severed ties with World Wide Flora and Fauna and will no longer participate in its awards program. The coordinator of the Russian Flora and Fauna Award programme announced on the RFF website that it is withdrawing from World Wide Flora and Fauna activities effective immediately. Vitaly, RN3ANT, wrote that the decision was made with regret because of recent actions by the WWFF Committee, including the elimination in April of Crimean RRF park references.

Vitaly said in the 7th June 2024 posting that award applications that have already been approved will be completed but new RFF-H applications through WWFF will not.

He said that Russia's own Flora and Fauna programme will continue to operate and issue awards.

This incident closely follows a dustup - that is now resolved - wherein China pulled out of Parks on the Air, only to re-enter the programme after differences were resolved.

Japan Tests Suspension of AM Radio Stations

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Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is testing the impacts of shutting down AM radio stations. For a year-long period beginning this past February, 34 AM radio stations in Japan will shut down for at least a subset of that period. Stations are encouraged to relay programming via other channels such as FM, television, and internet.

The experiment is designed to measure the impact of AM radio going away. Comments from the public are being collected during the period.

Media Story - https://daily.hamweekly.com/2024/06/japan-tests-am-radio-station-suspensions/