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UNITEL (Angola’s largest mobile operator): attack knocks out voice, data and internet nationwide
The attack was detected shortly after 02:00 on 28 Jul 2026, less than 24 hours before Unitel’s IPO.
- Disclosed
What happened
- The attack was detected shortly after 02:00 on 28 Jul 2026, less than 24 hours before Unitel’s IPO; millions of its more than 21 million subscribers lost voice, mobile data and internet, and point-of-sale terminals on its network were affected; traffic stayed well below normal into 29 Jul (The Record). RIPE data showed Unitel prefixes stayed reachable, suggesting a core-network incident rather than a DDoS.
- Root cause / initial access: not disclosed.
- Attacker: not named.
- Response: containment and technical teams deployed; IPO went ahead on 29 Jul.
Sources
- https://therecord.media/angola-unitel-cyberattack-outage
- https://www.cm-alliance.com/cybersecurity-blog/major-cyber-attacks-data-breaches-ransomware-attacks-in-july-2026
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