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Internet collapses across Iran, say web monitoring firms
- Internet connectivity in Iran almost completely disappeared on Wednesday, with web monitoring firms reporting a near-total national internet blackout amidst the ongoing war with Israel.
- NetBlocks confirmed the blackout in Iran, with IODA also detecting a sudden collapse of internet connectivity in the country.
- Data from Cloudflare indicated a drastic drop in internet traffic levels in Iran, which were significantly lower compared to the previous week.
- The internet blackout coincides with heightened military conflict between Iran and Israel, with Iran facing cyberattacks on major institutions.
- Iranian news outlet IRIB mentioned Israel's involvement in a 'massive cyber war,' prompting Iranian officials to restrict internet access.
- The reason behind Iran's internet collapse remains unclear, with experts noting the lack of visible network activity despite the significant traffic decrease.
- David Belson from Cloudflare highlighted the absence of announced IP address space as an unusual aspect of this outage.
- Doug Madory from Kentik also observed the severity of the blackout, with many Iranian service providers offline for the second day in a row.
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