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NetBlocks⚠️ Update: Live network data show significant disruptions to internet access in #Ukraine amid a series of Russian attacks targeting multiple regions of the country; metrics indicate national connectivity now at 83% of ordinary levels 📉 📰 Background: http…
⚠️ Update: Network data show major sustained impacts to infrastructure across much of #Ukraine after a series of reprisal attacks by Russia; energy facilities have been targeted per President's office ⚡️
NetBlocks⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show internet disruptions in multiple regions of #Ukraine, attributed to power cuts amid new Russian attacks targeting Kyiv and other cities; incident understood to be reprisal for #CrimeanBridge attack 📰 Background: …
⚠️ Update: Live network data show significant disruptions to internet access in #Ukraine amid a series of Russian attacks targeting multiple regions of the country; metrics indicate national connectivity now at 83% of ordinary levels 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show internet disruptions in multiple regions of #Ukraine, attributed to power cuts amid new Russian attacks targeting Kyiv and other cities; incident understood to be reprisal for #CrimeanBridge attack
⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show that internet has been cut in #Sanadaj, Kurdistan Province, #Iran, amid reports of new killings during protests over the death of #MahsaAmini; meanwhile, national mobile disruptions are again in effect 📉
⚠️ Update: Metrics show that internet remains regionally disrupted across #Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, #Iran, seven days after an escalation of violence and civilian killings by security forces
⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show most regions of Bangladesh are being impacted by internet outages, with the government’s utility company announcing a failure of the power grid 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics indicate that connectivity has been disrupted at Al-Mustafa International Islamic University in Qom, #Iran amid a series of cyberattacks targeting official and government institutions over their policies following the death of #MahsaAmini
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show an internet disruption on provider Hamyarnet which serves #Shiraz and south #Iran; the incident follows a series of information controls targeting protests over the death of #MahsaAmini in cities and universities
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show internet has been cut in #Cuba for the second evening in a row; metrics show a collapse in connectivity after 8 p.m. local time amid protests over poor conditions and power cuts worsened by Hurricane Ian 📉 #CubaPaLaCalle
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a new regional internet blackout in and around Sanandaj and #Kurdistan Province in #Iran; the incident follows a similar move in Zahedan today amid escalating protests over the death of #MahsaAmini
⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a regional internet disruption in effect in #Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, #Iran amid deadly clashes with security forces; the incident extends existing information controls since the death of #MahsaAmini
NetBlocks⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a near-total collapse of internet traffic from #Cuba amid reports of major protests over power cuts and poor conditions exacerbated by Hurricane Ian, with security forces deployed; incident likely to limit the free flow of information…
ℹ️ Update: Connectivity is being restored in #Cuba after a near-total internet blackout; the incident comes amid protests over a national power outage and poor conditions exacerbated by Hurricane Ian with security forces deployed to quell the unrest; incident duration ~7 hours 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a near-total collapse of internet traffic from #Cuba amid reports of major protests over power cuts and poor conditions exacerbated by Hurricane Ian, with security forces deployed; incident likely to limit the free flow of information 📉 #LaLuz #SOSCuba
⚠️ Update: Live network data show more cities in #Florida are being impacted by tropical storm #Ian as coastal regions continue to flatline, with extensive power and telecoms infrastructure damage leaving many residents without communications ⚡📉
⚠️ Update: Metrics show that observable state-wide internet connectivity in #Florida has fallen to 82% of ordinary levels following #HurricaneIan's landfall; the decline is attributed to power outages, direct impact to telecoms infrastructure and shuttered homes and businesses 📉
⚠️ Update: Live network data show widening internet outages as hurricane #Ian bears down on #Florida with force, knocking out power and telecoms infrastructure leaving many areas largely disconnected ⚡📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show significant impacts to internet connectivity as Cat 4 #HurricaneIan hits the coast of #Florida; the losses in service are attributed to direct effects as well as the gradual shuttering of homes and workplaces 🌀📉 #KeyWest #MarcoIsland
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show internet traffic from #Cuba has collapsed below 50% of ordinary levels as the island is hit by #HurricaneIan, with the Electric Union announcing a total failure of the power grid; the Category 3 storm continues its way toward Florida 🌀📉
NetBlocks⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a nation-scale disruption to internet connectivity in #Kazakhstan; network data show connectivity at 23% of ordinary levels; incident under investigation 📉
ℹ️ Update: Internet connectivity has been restored in #Kazakhstan following a multi-hour disruption that saw many users knocked offline or left with unusably slow service; incident duration ~4 hours 📈
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a nation-scale disruption to internet connectivity in #Kazakhstan; network data show connectivity at 23% of ordinary levels; incident under investigation 📉
