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Internet failure across Poland? 02/28/2022

Monday did not start very happily for Polish netizens. Since the beginning of the day, there has been a wealth of information about Downdetector regarding the failure of various types of Internet services. Problems were touching, among other things Mobile network operators (Orange, Play), Internet providers (Vectra, UPC, Nitya, Multimedia) and Online Banking (PKO Bank Polski, mBank).

what is happening here … https://t.co/5Luj9xTogv pic.twitter.com/F792h4O6V8

– TrustedThirdSite (@Trusted3Site) February 28, 2022

To date, problems with the operation of the services have been confirmed, among other things, by a mobile operator game The team responsible for the payment system a look.

Hi, we know about these impairments and please rest assured that we are working to fix them. Please bear with us – we are trying to restore the proper functioning of the network as quickly as possible.

– play (play_polska) February 28, 2022

We notice temporary problems in the work of BLIK, and we are constantly working intensively to ensure that the service works without interruption. We will keep you informed of the situation.

– Look (BLIKmobile) February 28, 2022

what happened? Beware of misinformation!

While some service providers have officially confirmed that there are longer issues with the operation of their Internet services, in the case of some websites they were only temporary. Why did it happen? We can assume that the morning problems with accessing the Internet are simply caused by … A lot of Internet traffic related to the situation in Ukraine. This means that internet servers and mobile network transmitters can simply be overloaded with too many users.

However, in this case, it is worth being careful about misinformation. While some of the reports were true, some of them may have been attempts by dishonest reporters to create panic. Besides, some internet users have already denied reports of problems running certain services. Do not forget that Downdetector is based on reports that any Internet user can send. For this reason, this tool can unfortunately be used as another ingredient to spread panic.

Once again, we urge you to remain calm and carefully check the information we find on the web. All this is to avoid similar confusion that occurred at petrol stations in recent days.

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