Internet and telephone connection restored

There was a major disruption to the internet connection and, consequently, to the telephone connection on
all facilities of the City of Hafnarfjörður today and partly yesterday with the attendant
discomfort. The internet connection is now back to normal. 

Based on the first
The analysis indicates that this is most likely an external attack on the network.
of the town which caused normal network traffic, such as connections to
Hosting providers, telephone systems and indeed all internet usage, were overwhelmed by a flood of data. Such attacks are quite common but have to
this has had little to no impact on the council's internet connections. This is due to
discuss the first indications of the cause of the disturbances. Analytical work will continue and
appropriate measures shall be taken to reduce the likelihood of such
Disruptions happen again, though it's never possible to prevent such things completely.
attacks.

We thank the residents and everyone who tried to get in touch.
Thank you for your understanding today.