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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show that popular web host and domain registrar #Namecheap is largely down, sending many websites and services offline. The company says it has been struck by both a DDoS attack and a power outage.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a sudden decline in internet connectivity across Russian-controlled Crimea with high impact to Sevastopol and Simferopol corresponding to a power blackout after overnight Ukrainian drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure 🔌
⚠️ Confirmed: A power outage has knocked out internet connectivity across much of Donbas, Russian-occupied #Ukraine; the losses in service are attributed to Ukrainian UAV attacks targeting a thermal power plant in Luhansk Oblast 🔌
🫶 Welcome back #Iran! Metrics show a further rise in connectivity as mobile networks and other segments are reconnected to the global internet:
• Filternet remains in place but can be worked around
• WhatsApp now restricted, requiring circumvention
• Some users still offline
ℹ️ Update: Connectivity is gradually returning to web host and domain registrar #Namecheap after a multi-hour platform-wide outage. Status updates point to ongoing overheating issues amid a power outage at the phoenixNAP data center that has impacted multiple hosting providers.
⚠️ Confirmed: Internet connectivity has been largely knocked out in Sevastopol, occupied Crimea, amid power outages caused by Ukrainian drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure. The incident is the latest in a series of intensifying blackouts 🔌
ℹ️ #Iran's internet connectivity has now been in a state of restoration for 24 hours. Service remains heavily filtered, with new restrictions on messaging and app stores compared to pre-January. Calls for a free and open internet transcend political divisions and should be heard.
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a significant decline in internet connectivity in parts of #Hawaii including Hilo as Hurricane Lala batters the Big Island, corresponding to widespread power outages due to torrential rains and a heavy storm surge.
📈 Confirmed: Live metrics show a partial restoration to internet connectivity in #Iran on day 88, after 2093 hours of near-total isolation from international networks, the longest nationwide internet shutdown in modern history. It is unclear if the restoration will be sustained.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a major disruption to internet connectivity in Odesa, #Ukraine, corresponding to power outages after Russian missile and drone attacks target energy infrastructure in one of the year’s largest bombardments on the seaport city to date 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a second collapse in internet connectivity in Sevastopol amid reports of unscheduled power shutdowns in occupied #Crimea as the regional Russian leadership declares a state of emergency.
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show disruptions to internet connectivity in parts of western #Colombia corresponding to infrastructure outages after a ~7.4 magnitude earthquake
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant decline in internet connectivity in northwest Indiana as heavy storms brings down power and telecoms lines, knocking hundreds of thousands of subscribers in the Midwest offline 🔌 #INwx
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a gradual decline in internet connectivity in Spokane County, Washington corresponding to evacuations and emergency power shutdowns in areas affected by the Old Trails Fire, a rapidly moving wildfire 🚒
⚠️ Internet connectivity remains cut in #Iran with the digital blackout now having entered its 88th day, surpassing 2088 hours of isolation from the outside world. Metrics confirm the shutdown currently remains in effect despite the president's order yesterday to restore access.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in occupied #Crimea corresponding to power outages after overnight Ukranian drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a significant decline in internet connectivity in #Venezuela including the capital Caracas following two 7+ magnitude back-to-back earthquakes that has impacted power and telecoms infrastructure.
⚠️ Confirmed: A power outage has knocked out internet connectivity in Donetsk Oblast, Russian-occupied eastern #Ukraine; the disruption corresponds to Ukrainian strikes on energy infrastructure 🔌
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show internet connectivity has been knocked out in Sevastopol, occupied Crimea, amid power outages following overnight Ukrainian drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure 🔌
🗓️ Three months ago today #Iran shut off access to the global internet. While connectivity has now largely returned, metrics indicate that users still face heavy filtering, similar to the interim period between the January protests and the start of the war.
ℹ️ Note: Social media network X (formerly Twitter) is experiencing international outages for a second consecutive day amid timeline backend API errors; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown
⚠️ Confirmed: #Georgia has experienced the third in a series of nation-scale internet disruptions corresponding to power grid blackouts.
Authorities say today's incident was triggered by tests intended to diagnose Enguri HPP systems responsible for the earlier two outages.
⚠️ Nine hours after two 7+ magnitude earthquakes strike #Venezuela, national internet connectivity remains diminished despite some recovery. The outage corresponds to power cuts and infrastructure damage, hindering rescue efforts and limiting visibility into events on the ground.
📵 Network data show #Iraq has just imposed another widespread internet shutdown during school exams, leaving most of the country except the north offline for two hours as students take tests. The bizarre measure is presented as a means to limit cheating and paper leaks.
⚠️ Update: Internet connectivity in #Venezuela remains below ordinary levels 24 hours following a devastating double earthquake event with impact to infrastructure still hampering rescue efforts, though the situation has improved with some partial restoration observed.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show that Telegram messaging service endpoints are restricted on multiple internet providers in #India. The government says the measure is a temporary ban targeting exam fraud after medical entrance tests were annulled amid leak allegations.
🕰️ Today is the 74th day that #Iran has been largely cut off the global internet, with the incident now passing hour 1752. Since 28 February 2026, the world has seen advances in science and technology. Meanwhile, Iran's regime has been arresting and executing technologists.
⌛️ It's now the 87th consecutive day of #Iran's internet blackout which has been in place for over 2064 hours. The measure has eliminated any transparency around executions, adding to the inhumane conditions and daily uncertainty faced by jailed critics, dissidents and tourists.
🎒 Internet connectivity has just been cut across #Iraq except the north for the second time in a week, with ~2 hour shutdowns applied as part of a longstanding policy to limit cheating and leaks during school exams. The measure is disruptive and anachronistic in the digital age.
🛜 #Iran's internet blackout has now entered its 11th week after 1680 hours largely cut off from the rest of the world. The censorship measure presents an extraordinary barrier to knowledge, information and communications for Iranians trying to go about their daily lives.
📉 Metrics show internet connectivity in Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir remains disrupted for a third day. The measure continues to limit visibility into events on the ground amid a crackdown and clashes over the proscription of the Joint Awami Action Committee.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a major disruption to internet connectivity in Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The shutdown comes ahead of protests as authorities use anti-terrorism powers to ban the Joint Awami Action Committee and is likely to limit coverage of events.
🗓️ Today marks the 70th day of #Iran's internet blackout, with the incident now surpassing 1656 hours. Digital connectivity is vital in times of crisis, and limiting service harms those most in need - people with disabilities, students, small businesses and the general public.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a reduction in internet connectivity in Saint Lucia as users struggle to get online; operator Flow says a crisis-level outage is impacting many in Saint Lucia and some in Dominica amid a suspected regional network fault affecting the island states