⚠️ 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 🔌
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A new pattern, Russia's deliberate drone campaign targeting Ukrainian data centers:
Sept. 24, At least four Kyiv internet providers and their downstreams serving Ukraine experienced a partial loss of connectivity on Wednesday morning. Disruptions were linked to Russian drone attacks targeting data centers allegedly used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Sept. 26, Metrics showed a new disruption on the network of Cosmonova after a Russian drone attack on the company's data center in Kyiv. Russia's MoD claims the facility is linked to supplying Starlink communications to Ukraine's military.
Sept. 27, The campaign continued with an attack on Omega Telecom's facilities in Kyiv. Russia's MoD claims the company is involved in supplying networking and database storage to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Sept. 28, A new disruption was identified in the network of the DreamLine colocation provider, corresponding with reports and footage of struck premises emerging from Kyiv.
A sustained, deliberate Russian drone campaign against Ukrainian data infrastructure, with Moscow publicly justifying each strike by alleging military links.
Source: @netblocks
⚠️ Update: Russia's spate of drone attacks on Ukraine data centers continues, with a new disruption identified to the network of DreamLine 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.
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
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: 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
⚠️ 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 🔌
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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.