Syria yet again suffers an internet outage, cutting its citizens off from the rest of the online world. According to Internet monitoring firm Renesys, internet in the country has been down since Wednesday, 7:01 UTC (12:01 a.m. PDT). Confirmation U.S. based Renesys confirmed in a tweet that BGP (border gateway patrol) is down, inbound trace routes are failing, and DNS severs and government web sites are down. Another tweet from the state-run Syrian news...
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The internet became unavailable across Syria just after 13:00 EST yesterday. A tentative report from the BBC suggests that the country’s citizens can now access the internet once again, though there is still a lack of explanation about what caused the blackout in the first place. The news that the internet had been cut in the country led to fears about the safety of its populace, who have been locked in civil war for more...
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Several cities in Pakistan were restored with Electricity after a major grid failure overnight, which left major portion of the country in the dark. The blackout began two days ago after a technical fault occurred in the South western Baluchistan province. The major cities, which were affected by power failure, were Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, and Rawalpindi. Power cut is nothing new in Pakistan, but nationwide blackout is a rare case. The Government of...
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Syria’s violet, bloody civil war has now spilled over into the virtual world. Most lines of communication with the outside world have been cut off—including the Internet. Internet connections to the nation have been down for several hours. Those who can post on Twitter said phone lines are also down, and a number of airlines have canceled flights to Damascus. A Twitter user that simply goes by the tag of Anonymous shows a graph...
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