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Iran's Internet Drops to 1% as US-Israel Strikes Continue
Iran’s internet connectivity plummeted to 1% amid regime-imposed shutdown and cyberattacks, disrupting communication and daily life across major cities, NetBlocks reported.
- On Monday, NetBlocks reported Iran has spent over 48 hours in a near-total internet blackout, with traffic down to around 1% of normal levels since Saturday, when connectivity first dropped.
- Having used shutdowns before, Iran has a history of cutting internet access during unrest, with NetBlocks attributing the outage to a regime-imposed shutdown and warning 'Shutdowns are a go-to tactic for the regime, with the previous instance in January lasting several weeks and masking severe human rights violations.'
- Recent hacks and infrastructure strikes include U.S. and Israeli-linked cyber operations targeting Iranian internet infrastructure and government-aligned news websites, while a strike on the AWS UAE datacenter knocked services offline.
- The blackout has left businesses and services offline, isolating civilians and taking official news sites and government digital services offline in major cities, with past shutdowns costing millions per day.
- Against a backdrop of U.S. and Israeli strikes, CrowdStrike reports Iranian-aligned cyber activity, with analysts noting limited internet activity may reflect government whitelisting, as some services remain accessible while international links are cut.
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