⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in and around Little Rock, Arkansas as a "large and destructive tornado" passes through; real-time network data show connectivity in the city at 82% of ordinary levels 🌪️📉

OpenAI has temporarily withdrawn its ChatGPT service from #Italy by order of authorities amid investigations into an apparent data breach

Following the order, OpenAI's ChatGPT-related services have been geographically filtered as of Friday night, preventing access by users within Italy. Metrics indicate that the company's API remains partially available.

📰 https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/italy-privacy-watchdog-blocks-chatgpt-citing-data-breach-98267284

ℹ Note: Metrics show a multi-hour nation-scale outage on UK internet provider Virgin Media; service has now been largely restored and the situation is under observation 📉📈

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a second nation-scale outage on leading UK internet provider Virgin Media; incident ongoing 📉📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant decline in internet connectivity across #Quebec, Canada including Montreal as a major ice storm knocks out power for over a million households ❄️📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in Zahedan, #Iran; the incident continues the weekly pattern of regional internet shutdowns targeting anti-government protests during Friday prayers 📉

📰 Public wi-fi networks carry additional security risks:

➡️ Man-In-The-Middle attacks
➡️ Malicious hotspots
➡️ Snooping and sniffing

A few small steps can help you stay safe when out and about. Check out this compendium from Surfshark.

https://surfshark.com/blog/risks-of-public-wifi?utm_source=netblocks&utm_medium=telegram

⚠️ Confirmed: Internet provider Volia in #Kherson, southern Ukraine, has experienced a major outage; real-time metrics show connectivity currently at 51% of ordinary levels 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a international outage on the SpaceX Starlink satellite internet platform with service now being restored 🛰️📉📈 #StarlinkDown

⚠️ Confirmed: Several networks carried via railway fiber lines in Russia have experienced a significant outage with high impact to Siberia and the East; the incident comes amid allegations of sabotage by Ukraine and the West, although operators report a technical issue 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to internet connectivity in multiple eastern states of #Venezuela on leading provider ABA CANTV #13Abr 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in Zahedan, #Iran; the incident is the latest in a cycle of internet shutdowns targeting anti-government protests during Friday prayers 📉

⚠️Confirmed: An internet disruption has been registered in #Kherson, southern #Ukraine; the incident is attributed to a power outage. ⚡️📉

⚠️ Confirmed: An internet outage has been registered on #Sudan internet provider Canar Telecom amid ongoing clashes between military and paramilitary forces; power outages and disruptions have continued since the outbreak of the conflict this week 📉

⚠️Update: Connectivity on #Sudan internet provider Canar Telecom has collapsed amid ongoing conflict between military and paramilitary factions, as calls for an Eid al-Fitr ceasefire go unheeded 📉

⚠️ Update: Multiple internet providers have started to experience outages in #Sudan after a week of conflict; root causes include power shortages and difficulty supplying backup generators amid heavy weapons strikes on population centers 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics indicate a significant internet outage in Zahedan, #Iran, this afternoon, the latest instance of a recurring pattern of regional internet shutdowns aimed at impeding the weekly anti-government demonstrations that take place during Friday prayers. 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a near-total collapse of internet connectivity in #Sudan with national connectivity now at 2% of ordinary levels; the incident comes as foreign diplomats are evacuated amid fighting between military and paramilitary forces 📉

ℹ️ Confirmed: Internet connectivity has significantly declined in #Chad. The country derives much of its connectivity from Cameroon and from Sudan, which fell largely offline earlier today #Tchad 📉

ℹ Update: Internet connectivity is being restored in #Chad after a multi-hour nation-scale outage, linked to the ongoing blackout in Sudan. The incident is attributed to severed fiber infrastructure supplying Chad from Sudan and Cameroon, with satellite links now activated 📈

⚠️ Update: Sudan remains largely offline in the midst of an internet blackout, with connectivity at 2% of ordinary levels; the military allege that paramilitaries sabotaged the telecom exchange in Khartoum early this morning impacting networks including Sudani