ANCOM publish the Report on incidents that affect the security of electronic communications networks and services in 2023 . The total number of incidents increas significantly compar to the previous year (+45%). From 341 incidents in 2022 to 497 in 2023. The report provides a detail synthesis of the incidents report by network and service providers. While also seeking to understand the causes that have generat and thus contribut to the identification of effective corrective and preventive measures.
Affect connections
In 2023, there was a significant variation in terms of the average number of connections affect for each type of service. With a decrease for fix telephony and Internet services, a slight increase for the retransmission services of audiovisual media programs and mobile telephony and SMS. But a doubling of the average number of affect connections in the case of mobile internet services and mobile data transmissions. Compar to the previous year.
Thus, the most affect services in 2023 were mobile communications services: mobile phone and SMS services – over 6 million connections. And mobile internet and mobile data transmission services – over 7 million connections. On average, an incident affect approximately 33 thousand connections. 65% more than in 2022. This significant increase is caus, to a large extent. By the extreme weather phenomena that occurr during the year 2023. These incidents affect users from May many counties simultaneously (the geographical distribution being extend) and had a long duration of manifestation. In several cases, remedial interventions were hamper by closeroads. Block by fallen trees or weather conditions that did not allow a quick intervention. Considering this sum of factors, the value of the average number of connections is both in percentage and in absolute value. Much higher than in the previous year.
The causes of incidents
In a notable change compar to previous years. The next predominant category is represent by incidents cause by natural phenomena, with a total of 45 record incidents. A number 9 times higher than in 2022.
Geographical distribution
The incidents affect one or more counties simultaneously: 276 incidents affect one county each, 206 led to damage to connections from 2-9 counties simultaneously. 9 Incidents affect between 10 and 30 counties and 6 incidents had an impact at the level national. The distribution of incidents at the national level shows that the most incidents (77) affect Constanta county. And the counties where the fewest incidents were record were Brasov and Covasna, with 12 incidents each.
From the perspective of the geographical distribution of incidents caus by electricity supply problems. The most such incidents were record in Constanta county (52), follow by Buzau (30). The county with the fewest reports of electrical incidents was Covasna, with 2 such incidents. 52% of all report incidents were electrical incidents.
Duration of incidents
In 2023, the total duration of report incidents was more than 6,500 hours, double the value compar to 2022.
ANCOM report
