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Iran's Internet Drops to 1% as US-Israel Strikes Continue
Iran's internet traffic dropped to 1% amid government efforts to control information flow during US-Israel strikes, with over 48 hours of near-total blackout reported by NetBlocks.
- On Monday, NetBlocks reported Iran has spent over 48 hours in a near-total internet blackout, with traffic plunging to around 1% of normal levels since Saturday.
- NetBlocks attributed the outage to a regime-imposed nationwide shutdown, noting Iran has a history of cutting access during crises including a January blackout amid protests.
- U.S. and Israeli actors have reportedly targeted Iranian internet infrastructure and government-aligned news websites, hijacked the BadeSaba Calendar app with over 5 million downloads, and struck an AWS UAE me-central-1 datacenter.
- The blackout has left businesses and services offline, isolating civilians in Iran and blocking official news sites and government digital services, while satellite providers such as Starlink face jamming or seizures.
- Against a backdrop of U.S. and Israeli strikes, CrowdStrike reports Iranian-aligned threat actors conducting reconnaissance, while Doug Madory notes limited internet activity may reflect government whitelisting.
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