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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/
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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
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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
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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
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
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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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⚠️ 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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