New Zealand. Disturbances in access to the Internet. Reason: Australian war ship

The Australian defense forces admitted that the HMas Canberra radar on Wednesday accidentally blocked wireless internet and radio in the part of New Zealand – BBC portal reported on Friday.

The incident occurred on Wednesday, when one of the largest ships of the Royal Australian Navy HMAS Canberra sailed along the coast of New Zealand. Unit navigation radar has disturbed wireless signals with a frequency used by many internet service providers and radio stations.

New Zealand defense forces reported that after reporting the problem they contacted Australians. – After obtaining information, HMas Canberra changed the frequencies, which eliminated interference. Currently, interference is not occurred – said the Australian army. New Zealand defense forces confirmed the end of problems.

– Some signal strands are free and available to everyone, such as shared signal strands for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The disturbances that took place on Wednesday took place in one of these shared bands – explained Dan O'Grady, Politics and Planning Planning Manager at the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

“We've never seen anything like that before”

Matthew Harrison, managing director of the New Zealand company Primo, providing wireless internet and telecommunications services, said that the military radar launched built -in security protocols.

“We've never seen anything like that before,” he said, adding that the case when the “war ship disconnects your equipment from the network, it doesn't happen every day.”