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Joined December 2016
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show an ongoing disruption to North Korea's already limited internet connectivity. The incident corresponds with the loss of international access to websites under the country's .kp domain.
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⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a significant decline in internet connectivity in Donetsk Oblast, Russian-occupied #Ukraine, amid renewed Ukrainian drone attacks on energy infrastructure; observed connectivity is now down to 39% of ordinary levels
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⚠️ Confirmed: Russian social media network VK (VKontakte) is currently experiencing a major disruption, with metrics showing connectivity at 56% of ordinary levels. The incident comes amid reports of a Ukrainian drone attack in the vicinity of its St. Petersburg data center
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⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a significant reduction in internet connectivity across the US territory of #Guam corresponding to power outages as Category 4-equivalent Super Typhoon #Champi passes the island; observed connectivity is now down to 41% of ordinary levels
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in Sri Lanka corresponding to a nationwide power outage as energy grid operator NSO reports a total system failure linked to instability in the national transmission network
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⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in Vinnytsia, #Ukraine, following Russia's latest wave of attacks targeting energy infrastructure, as authorities impose emergency power shutdowns across the country
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in Zhytomyr Oblast, western #Ukraine, corresponding to power outages after Russian drone attacks targeting energy and transport infrastructure 📉
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⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a decline in internet connectivity in Volyn Oblast, western #Ukraine, corresponding to power outages after an onslaught of deadly Russian drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure overnight 🔌
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📉 ICYMI: No signs of recovery as Yandex suffers a sustained connectivity loss consistent with extensive infrastructure damage after Ukrainian drone strikes on key data centers in Sasovo and Vladimir. The Russian tech giant has issued a bleak outlook to users at home and abroad.
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics indicate restrictions to TikTok, Instagram and Twitter/X web platforms on multiple internet providers in #Azerbaijan corroborating user reports of difficulty accessing social media. The incident comes amid protests over the regulation of hijabs in schools.
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⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a major disruption to internet connectivity in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, #Pakistan, as President Zardari imposes emergency rule, suspending the provincial government led by jailed former PM Imran Khan's PTI amid protests demanding his release
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a second collapse in the networks of Russian tech giant Yandex after a new Ukrainian drone attack on data centers in Vladimir this morning. The campaign comes not long after Russia's threat to give Ukraine a "digital detox."
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⚠️ Update: Further internet outages have been registered in Florida and Alabama after the landfall of Hurricane Isaias near Destin, now a post-tropical cyclone, causing damage to infrastructure and widespread power outages 🔌 #FLwx
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in parts of Florida as Category 3 Hurricane #Isaias nears landfall; the incident corresponds to reports of heavy winds and downed lines, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and telecoms 🌀
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⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a disruption to internet connectivity in #Panama after a ~7.7 magnitude earthquake, with tsunami alerts being issued for several countries on the southern Pacific coast
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant disruption to the network of Russian internet and cloud giant Yandex. Reports indicate a major fire at one of the company's data centers in Sasovo, Ryazan Oblast, #Russia, after a Ukrainian drone attack campaign.
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⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a decline in internet connectivity in parts of Kyiv, #Ukraine, after a series of Russian drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure, followed by emergency power shutdowns 🔌 📉
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show disruptions to internet connectivity in Kyiv and Zhytomyr Oblasts, #Ukraine, corresponding to emergency power shutdowns after a series of Russian missile and drone attacks target energy infrastructure, a hallmark of Russia's winter warfare strategy 🔌
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A new pattern, Russia's deliberate drone campaign targeting Ukrainian data centers: Sept. 24, At least four Kyiv internet providers and their downstreams serving Ukraine experienced a partial loss of connectivity on Wednesday morning. Disruptions were linked to Russian drone attacks targeting data centers allegedly used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Sept. 26, Metrics showed a new disruption on the network of Cosmonova after a Russian drone attack on the company's data center in Kyiv. Russia's MoD claims the facility is linked to supplying Starlink communications to Ukraine's military. Sept. 27, The campaign continued with an attack on Omega Telecom's facilities in Kyiv. Russia's MoD claims the company is involved in supplying networking and database storage to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Sept. 28, A new disruption was identified in the network of the DreamLine colocation provider, corresponding with reports and footage of struck premises emerging from Kyiv. A sustained, deliberate Russian drone campaign against Ukrainian data infrastructure, with Moscow publicly justifying each strike by alleging military links. Source: @netblocks
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