Dish Network had outages since February 23. This is because of Cyberattacks from hackers. Boost Mobile, Sling TV, and other subsidiaries of Dish Network has also been effective. The company still hasn’t recovered since writing this. The website leads to a page stating “We are experiencing a system issue that our teams are working hard to resolve.”
Dish Network states this is a ransomware attack. Dish is investigation if any data was extracted. This could be very bad, the cyberattacks could easy get assess to many personal information. Dish Network being a Satellite TV company means the personal data would be very valuable. The average person who watches TV is high end. “On average 55% of those between 55 and 64 watch TV every day. (Source: CreditDonkey)”