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Aaliyah Evett with her children Karsyn Evett, 2, and Jaidyn Evett, 9, at Jasper Highlands in Jasper, TN, on Sunday, March 21, 2021. (Eric Schultz / Rocket City Photo)AL.com
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In August of 2020, Aaliyah Evett was working at the Watts Bar power plant in Spring City, Tenn., when her mom called and said the police in South Pittsburg were searching for her. Evett called the officer, who was an old friend from high school.
“She said whatever you do, just get home and turn yourself in right now,” Evett said. “If you wait and turn yourself in, they can hold you for the weekend. If you get pulled over wherever you are, they’d have to hold you wherever you are and wait for Marion County to come get you. So I was like, let me just drive. Not too slow, but just slow enough.”
Nashville bombing froze wireless communications, exposed Achilles heel in regional network Yihyun Jeong and Natalie Allison, Nashville Tennessean
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The vulnerability of the telecommunications system in Nashville and beyond became clear Christmas Day when AT&T s central office in downtown became the site of a bombing.
Mayor John Cooper called the blast on Second Avenue an attack on infrastructure. The effects of that attack are sure to ripple through the region for weeks, as the telecom giant scrambles to restore services while maintaining the integrity of an active investigation site teeming with federal agents.
Nashville bombing exposed Achilles heel in area communications network
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The vulnerability of the telecommunications system in Nashville and beyond became clear Christmas Day when AT&T s central office in downtown became a crime scene.
Mayor John Cooper called the bombing on Second Avenue an attack on infrastructure. The effects of that attack are sure to ripple through the region for weeks, as the telecom giant scrambles to restore services while also maintaining the integrity of an active investigation site teeming with federal agents.
State and local officials and experts say the fact that a multi-state region could be brought to its knees by a single bombing is a wake-up call, exposing vulnerabilitiesmany didn t know existed and predicting it would lead to intense conversations about the future.
National Nuclear Security Administration, Metro Nashville is a customer of IT software firm SolarWinds. But unlike those two entities and dozens of others, Nashville officials do not believe the city is on the list of SolarWinds customers breached by Russian-linked hackers. “After significant analysis and consultation with SolarWinds, the environment we are running is not a version that has been deemed compromised,” said Metro Chief Information Officer Keith Durbin. Russian hackers have targeted government agencies across the United States this year, including And a Russian-linked breach of the city of Austin’s network,
according to The Intercept, dates back to October. Though SolarWinds is based in Austin, The Intercept reported that the Austin hack appeared to be different from the SolarWinds-linked hacks while still being tied to Russian state actors.