⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a disruption to #Russia internet provider M9com, corroborating reports that Ukrainian hacktivists have targeted the Moscow-based operator, compromising data and sending the network offline in retaliation to December's cyberattack on Kyivstar

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show an extended disruption to Moscow-based internet provider QWERTY, a Central Telegraph service owned by #Russia's Rostelecom; the incident is attributed to hacktivist group IT Army of Ukraine, which targets Russian government agencies 📉

ℹ️ Confirmed: Metrics show that platforms including X/Twitter and Facebook became briefly accessible in #Russia while Telegram momentary became unavailable, in what is understood to be a brief configuration fault in Russia's national firewall on the 27th

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a multi-hour disruption to internet connectivity in the Belgorod region of #Russia corresponding to reports of a power outage caused by Ukrainian UAV attacks targeting energy infrastructure 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show sporadic disruptions to internet connectivity in and around Kursk, #Russia, as Ukraine continues its cross-border incursion into Russian territory; the outages are provisionally attributed to DDoS attacks targeting local infrastructure 📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Analysis of traffic data reveals a gradual decline in YouTube traffic in #Russia from late July, with a sudden marked reduction this morning, corroborating user reports of latency and outages; YouTube was one of the last social platforms still available in Russia

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show #Russia has restricted Signal messaging app backends on most internet providers; regulator Roskomnadzor states that the ban has been imposed to prevent Signal's use for "extremist" purposes; the app remains usable with "censorship circumvention" enabled

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a major ongoing disruption to the main internet provider in Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk, #Russia, from the night of 13 August, corroborating Ukraine Intelligence claims of a successful cyber op targeting a nuclear weapons development facility near the city

ℹ️ Note: Metrics show a brief disruption to WhatsApp in #Russia corroborating reports of outages of messaging services also affecting Telegram; regulator Roskomnadzor claims the issue is due to a "DDoS attack"

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show messaging platform Discord has been restricted on multiple internet providers in #Russia; the measure comes as telecoms regulator Roskomnadzor announces that the service is in violation of Russian laws relating to "terrorist and extremist" content

ℹ️ Note: Metrics show the disruption and restoration of connectivity in Dagestan, #Russia, following what telecoms regulator Roskomnadzor has described as a trial of its capacity to disable access to the foreign internet in a specific region; incident duration ~24 hours

ℹ Confirmed: Traffic data show a brief disruption to mobile internet service in #Russia corroborating reports of an outage; the incident is consistent with a glitch in the national content filtering mechanism

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show an ongoing disruption to Siberian internet provider Orion Telecom following a Ukraine Intelligence cyber op on #Russia Day. Orion is used by Russian security forces and the incident has sent a key uranium mining city offline 📉☢️

⚠️ Confirmed: Internet outages have been registered in the Kamchatka Peninsula, #Russia after a 8.8 magnitude earthquake; the decline in network connectivity comes amid reports of power outages; tsunami warnings in effect across Russia, Japan, Guam, Hawaii and Alaska

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to internet connectivity in Belgorod, #Russia as Ukraine launches an attack on energy infrastructure using US-supplied HIMARS missiles from Kharkiv; the Russian grid, meanwhile, claims the outage is due to "unfavorable weather conditions"

⚠️ Confirmed: Internet connectivity has been disrupted in parts of #Russia surrounding Moscow for ~8 hours, with metrics showing declines in multiple oblasts followed by restoration; operator Rostelecom acknowledges an unspecified "backbone issue"

If you are in #Russia, you can use this web app from Netblocks to help check the status of your internet access and platform restrictions https://api.webprobe.org/

⚠️ Confirmed: Telemetry indicate a major disruption to networks in Belgorod, western #Russia, after Ukraine targets the region's energy installations with missiles; initial analysis suggests one of the most effective infrastructure strikes by Ukraine since the start of the war

If you are in #Russia, you can use this web app from Netblocks to help check the status of your internet access and platform restrictions https://api.webprobe.org/

⚠️ 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.