[Outages-discussion] Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) disconnects from Russia

[Blake Hudson]

I would suspect the opposite. A US company having a foothold in another 
country gives the US some amount of visibility or control they might not 
otherwise have. Think China Telecom having a presence in California.

On 3/9/2022 11:23 AM, outages wrote:
> I smell US government are behind this. Behind the scenes, they're probably reminding these companies about their vulnerability to falling out of favor.
>
> —
> regards,
> /vrode
>
>> On Mar 9, 2022, at 07:29, Andy Ringsmuth <andy at andyring.com> wrote:
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>> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/internet-backbone-giant-lumen-shuns-ru/
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>> Similar to what Cogent did, Lumen is now exiting the Russian market as well.
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>> FTFA:
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>> “Life has taken a turn in Russia and Lumen is unable to continue to operate in this market,” Lumen said in a published statement. “The business services we provide are extremely small and very limited as is our physical presence. However, we are taking steps to immediately stop business in the region.”
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>> “We decided to disconnect the network due to increased security risk inside Russia,” the statement continues. “We have not yet experienced network disruptions but given the increasingly uncertain environment and the heightened risk of state action, we took this move to ensure the security of our and our customers’ networks, as well as the ongoing integrity of the global Internet.”
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>> Allegedly, Lumen is the top international transit provider to Russia.
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