ICYMI: #Iran's internet chokepoint caught fire, caused outages. Digital karma at its finest?
🖋 Laura Dobberstein reports for TheRegister on the risks of infrastructure centralization.
https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/07/iran_internet_outage/
🖋 Laura Dobberstein reports for TheRegister on the risks of infrastructure centralization.
https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/07/iran_internet_outage/
The Register
Iran's internet chokepoint caught fire, caused outages
Digital karma at its finest
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The disconnection of fixed-line internet and some mobile service in and around the #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in #Ukraine is raising concerns over public safety, with radiation levels no longer published and the IAEA unable to monitor.
📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/disconnection-raises-fears-over-safety-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-1yPjNKAQ
📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/disconnection-raises-fears-over-safety-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-1yPjNKAQ
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ℹ️ Note: Twitter is currently experiencing outages in multiple countries; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown
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📰 Russian forces were hacked after abandoning their encrypted phone system in #Ukraine per investigative journalism organisation Bellingcat. The incident comes as Russia targets 3G internet towers, with concerns raised over nuclear safety at Zaporizhzhia
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russian-military-being-hacked-after-its-own-soldiers-destroy-3-g-internet-towers-104303881.html
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russian-military-being-hacked-after-its-own-soldiers-destroy-3-g-internet-towers-104303881.html
Yahoo News
'Idiots': Russian military phone calls hacked after own soldiers destroy 3G towers
Russian forces have been ‘hacked’ after abandoning their own secure encrypted phone system, according to investigative journalism organisation Bellingcat.
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NetBlocks
ℹ️ Note: Twitter is currently experiencing outages in multiple countries; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown
ℹ️ Note: Twitter is again experiencing outages in multiple countries; the issue affects the internal Twitter API used by both the mobile and web versions of the platform; incident not related to country-level internet restrictions or filtering #TwitterDown
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In times of crisis, connectivity matters. Here's to all the women working to keep the internet running, secure, and open in the face of new challenges this #InternationalWomensDay and every other day ✊ #IWD2022
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📰 Is #Russia preparing to fall off the global Internet? A set of documents published this week suggests authorities are working to mitigate the impact of a disconnect which could signal a new digital Iron Curtain.
🖋 David Gilbert writes for VICE News
https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gevb/russia-is-preparing-to-cut-itself-off-from-the-global-internet
🖋 David Gilbert writes for VICE News
https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gevb/russia-is-preparing-to-cut-itself-off-from-the-global-internet
VICE
Russia Is Preparing to Cut Itself Off From the Global Internet
The Kremlin is getting ready to bring down the digital Iron Curtain.
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ℹ️Note: #Spotify users around the world have been logged out of the service and are unable to stream, as chat app #Discord reports API errors resulting in service outages. The incidents come shortly after Twitter experienced intermittent failures #SpotifyDown #DiscordDown
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NetBlocks
The disconnection of fixed-line internet and some mobile service in and around the #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in #Ukraine is raising concerns over public safety, with radiation levels no longer published and the IAEA unable to monitor. 📰 Report: h…
⚠️ Update: The International Atomic Energy Agency says remote data transmission from monitoring systems at #Ukraine's mothballed #Chernobyl nuclear plant has been lost. The incident follows a loss of data from #Zaporizhzhia.
📰 https://netblocks.org/reports/disconnection-raises-fears-over-safety-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-1yPjNKAQ
📰 https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-15-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine
📰 https://netblocks.org/reports/disconnection-raises-fears-over-safety-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-1yPjNKAQ
📰 https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-15-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine
NetBlocks
Disconnection raises fears over safety at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant - NetBlocks
Network data from NetBlocks confirm significant disruption to telecommunications and internet service in and around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, southeast Ukraine from the morning of 4 March 2022, as ...
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NetBlocks
⚠️ Update: The International Atomic Energy Agency says remote data transmission from monitoring systems at #Ukraine's mothballed #Chernobyl nuclear plant has been lost. The incident follows a loss of data from #Zaporizhzhia. 📰 https://netblocks.org/repor…
⚠️ Update: The 750 kV #Chernobyl-Kyiv high-voltage power line is cut following damage caused by Russia, and the plant cannot cool spent nuclear fuel per #Ukraine's Energoatom.
Remote monitoring links have also been severed
Remote monitoring links have also been severed
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NetBlocks
⚠️ Update: The 750 kV #Chernobyl-Kyiv high-voltage power line is cut following damage caused by Russia, and the plant cannot cool spent nuclear fuel per #Ukraine's Energoatom. Remote monitoring links have also been severed
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data corroborate reports of a power blackout in the vicinity of #Chernobyl and #Slavutych, #Ukraine. The incident presents a threat to safety at the mothballed Soviet nuclear power plant per authorities #Славутич
📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/severed-power-line-heightens-safety-at-chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant-eBOQke8Z
📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/severed-power-line-heightens-safety-at-chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant-eBOQke8Z
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⚠️ Confirmed: Major internet disruption registered across #Kherson Oblast, southern #Ukraine, with high impact to state provider Ukrtelecom and Volia; incident comes amid reports some 400 citizens were detained by Russia's National Guard 📉
📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K
📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K
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ℹ️ Update: Casualties are reported from #Mariupol, southeast #Ukraine, after a Russian airstrike hit a hospital. Metrics show the besieged city has been largely cut off from the internet since early March, limiting the flow of information.
📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K
📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K
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NetBlocks
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data corroborate reports of a power blackout in the vicinity of #Chernobyl and #Slavutych, #Ukraine. The incident presents a threat to safety at the mothballed Soviet nuclear power plant per authorities #Славутич 📰 Report:…
⚠️ Update: The IAEA has confirmed that it is no longer receiving data from safeguard systems installed to monitor nuclear material at the Zaporizhzhya and Chernobyl nuclear power plants in #Ukraine.
📰 https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-16-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine
📰 https://netblocks.org/reports/disconnection-raises-fears-over-safety-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-1yPjNKAQ
📰 https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-16-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine
📰 https://netblocks.org/reports/disconnection-raises-fears-over-safety-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-1yPjNKAQ
NetBlocks
Disconnection raises fears over safety at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant - NetBlocks
Network data from NetBlocks confirm significant disruption to telecommunications and internet service in and around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, southeast Ukraine from the morning of 4 March 2022, as ...
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⚠️ Update: Network provider Triolan in #Ukraine is heavily impacted by a major outage attributed by the company to a cyberattack; incident is the second such tracked, with the first observed on the morning of 24 February when invasion began
📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K
📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K
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⚠️Confirmed: The Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology in #Ukraine has fallen offline after an attack by Russia. The targeting of the lab which hosts an ADS neutron source is being called an "act of nuclear terrorism" by authorities.
📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K
📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K
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⚠️ Confirmed: Major internet disruption registered in #Chernihiv, northern #Ukraine, amid reports of new air strikes; real-time network data show a collapse in connectivity that is likely to limit coverage of events on the ground 📉
📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K
📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K
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ℹ️ Russia's internet regulator #Roskomnadzor has announced that #Instagram is to be banned on Monday 14 March 2022 after Meta's decision to allow calls for violence against Russians in certain contexts, giving users two days to migrate 🕛
📰 Previously: https://netblocks.org/reports/twitter-and-facebook-restricted-in-russia-amid-conflict-with-ukraine-JBZrogB6
📰 Previously: https://netblocks.org/reports/twitter-and-facebook-restricted-in-russia-amid-conflict-with-ukraine-JBZrogB6
NetBlocks
Twitter and Facebook restricted in Russia amid conflict with Ukraine - NetBlocks
NetBlocks metrics confirm the restriction of Twitter in Russia from the morning of Saturday 26 February 2022. Facebook servers have subsequently been restricted as of Sunday. The restrictions are in ...
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⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a collapse in connectivity across multiple internet providers in #Sumy, northeastern #Ukraine; incident comes amid reports of a bombardment as humanitarian corridors are established in the region 📉
📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K
📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K
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ℹ️ Confirmed: The Eurasia website of rights organization #Amnesty International, which hosts a petition to end Russia's aggression against Ukraine, has been restricted in #Russia. The measure follows social media and news site restrictions.
📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/twitter-and-facebook-restricted-in-russia-amid-conflict-with-ukraine-JBZrogB6
📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/twitter-and-facebook-restricted-in-russia-amid-conflict-with-ukraine-JBZrogB6
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⚠️ Confirmed: Internet disruptions on networks served by government-owned operator TelOne in #Zimbabwe have again limited coverage of opposition rallies and arrests; data corroborate user reports of unexplained outages over the weekend 📉
📰 Previously: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-slowdown-limits-coverage-of-zimbabwe-opposition-rally-oy9Ykoy3
📰 Previously: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-slowdown-limits-coverage-of-zimbabwe-opposition-rally-oy9Ykoy3
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