Verizon's abrupt exit from the SMS scene (for lack of another word) has been disclosed. Major telecoms were hacked and they have not been cleaned up yet. Gaslighting at its finest.
An "ALL CLEAR" notice is not to be expected any time soon.
Leave it to a telecom to make it your problem and, of course, hiding that information. And shame on YOU for not using secure messaging. Everyone knows telecoms are insecure and get perma-hacked all the time.
The following is a Grok synopsis of the issue.
