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KOSW board reviews website outages, cybersecurity attacks and backup internet options
Summary
KOSW volunteers reported recent website crashes and repeated unauthorized login attempts; the board discussed paid website upgrades, cellular hotspots (jetpacks), ISP backups, Comrex equipment location and new tower rental estimates as fixes and contingencies.
Volunteers told the Ocean Shores meeting that KOSW's website and streaming have experienced repeated outages this year and that the station paid nearly $839 for a website upgrade amid ongoing failures.
"We paid them nearly $850 more" and after the upgrade the station "must have crashed 10 times," Trey said, adding that the vendor provided suggestions for additional protections. He told the board the station was targeted by "coordinated attacks trying to basically…
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