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⚠️ Update: Crimea remains largely offline more than 16 hours after Ukrainian drone attacks target Taman substation in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, disrupting the supply of electricity to the occupied peninsula.

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show internet connectivity has been knocked out in occupied Crimea, amid power outages following Ukrainian drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure 🔌

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to internet connectivity in Zhytomyr Oblast, #Ukraine, corresponding to the third set of power outages this week as Russia's strategy of drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure during the colder months expands westward

⚠️ 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.

⚠️ 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

⚠️ 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

⚠️ 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

⚠️ 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

⚠️ 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

⚠️ 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 📉

⚠️ 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 🔌

📉 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.

⚠️ 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.

⚠️ 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

⚠️ 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."

⚠️ 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

⚠️ 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 🌀

⚠️ 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

⚠️ 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.

⚠️ 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 🔌 📉

⚠️ 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 🔌

⚠️ Update: Russia's spate of drone attacks on Ukraine data centers continues, with a new disruption identified to the network of DeamLine colocation provider corresponding to reports and footage of the struck premises emerging from Kyiv

⚠️ Update: Russia's drone campaign targeting Ukraine data centers has continued, with a new attack on Omega Telecom's facilities in Kyiv, which the Russian MoD claims is involved in the supply of networking and database storage to the Ukrainian Armed Forces

⚠️ Update: Metrics show a new disruption on the network of Cosmonova after a Russian drone attack on the company's data center in Kyiv, which the Russian MoD claims is linked to the supply of Starlink communications to Ukraine's military.

⚠️ Update: Metrics show that Russia's bombardment of Ukraine data centers has continued, with new disruptions observed on networks downstream of Datagroup earlier today, marking a new focus on the disruption of digital infrastructure

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data indicate a subnational internet disruption in northern #Ethiopia corresponding to reports of a telecoms blackout in #Tigray. The incident comes amid escalating conflict between Tigrayan forces and the national army 📉

ℹ️ ICYMI: At least four Kyiv internet providers and their downstreams serving #Ukraine experienced a partial loss of connectivity on Wednesday morning; the disruptions are linked to Russian drone attacks targeting data centers allegedly used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a decline in internet connectivity in Odesa, #Ukraine, corresponding to power outages following Russian missile attacks on port and transport infrastructure 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a major disruption to internet connectivity in Donetsk Oblast, Russian-occupied #Ukraine, corresponding to local reports of a widespread power and telecoms outage 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Analysis of network data shows a significant decline in internet traffic in #Cuba corresponding to reports of a nation-scale power blackout. The incident is the latest in series of widespread outages triggered by a months-long US oil blockade

ℹ️ Confirmed: Network data show a brief disruption to leading internet provider MEO in #Portugal, corroborating user reports of a short but widespread outage affecting broadband and mobile service; the operator has not issued an explanation 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a decline in internet connectivity in parts of #Michigan including Detroit after severe storms bring down utility polls, leaving many residents cut off 📉 #MIwx

⚠️ 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 🔌

⚠️ 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 🔌

⚠️ Update: Live metrics show internet disruptions have expanded across #Hawaii to impact the capital Honolulu as Hurricane Lala skirts the archipelago, corresponding to widespread power outages that have left hundreds of thousands without electricity 🔌 #HIwx

⚠️ 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.

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: 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: 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 🔌

⚠️ 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: 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 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: #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.

⚠️ Confirmed: Analysis of network data indicates a significant decline in internet traffic in #Cuba corresponding to reports of a national power blackout. The incident comes amid continuing fuel shortages #apagón

⚠️ 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 🚒

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show that major internet provider TurkNet in #Turkey is currently experiencing a nation-scale outage, corroborating widespread user complaints; the company says engineers are working to restore service 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to multiple social media platforms in Guinea corroborating user reports of difficulty accessing Facebook, YouTube and TikTok #Guinée

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in Sumy, #Ukraine corresponding to power outages after overnight Russian attacks targeting energy infrastructure 📉

⚠️Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to internet service in #Kenya with national connectivity at 69% of ordinary levels; the incident corresponds to a widespread power outage affecting parts of the country including Nairobi 📉

ℹ️ Note: Meta platforms including Instagram and Facebook are currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #InstagramDown #FacebookDown