BREAKING NEWS: Internet traffic from #syria disappears. Umbrella Security Labs #charts DNS traffic changes: http://t.co/YqGlYH6dvJ
— OpenDNS Labs (@OpenDNSLabs) May 7, 2013
“The graph below shows DNS traffic from and to Syria. Although Twitter remains relatively silent, the drop in both inbound and outbound traffic from Syria is clearly visible. The small amount of outbound traffic depicted by the chart indicates our DNS servers trying to reach DNS servers in Syria.”
Internet Syria just went down! Starting 18:45 UTC pic.twitter.com/o9RqrjFp93
— BGPmon.net (@bgpmon) May 7, 2013
こっちは全然回覧されてこなかった。
via http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/syria-internet-down_n_3232433.html
Traffic drop to Syria from the @Akamai platform corroborates Internet outage observed by @renesys and @bgpmon: pic.twitter.com/H0R00xbCfT
— StateOfTheInternet (@akamai_soti) May 7, 2013
Renesys confirms loss of Syrian Internet connectivity 18:43 UTC. BGP routes down, inbound traces failing. @geeknik
— InternetIntelligence (@InternetIntel) May 7, 2013
via http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/07/syria-internet-blackout
RT @ThinkUmbrella Internet traffic from #syria disappears. Umbrella Security Labs #charts DNS traffic changes: http://t.co/441riSZ2JY
— Storyful (@Storyful) May 7, 2013
Syria's internet has been cut. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) May 7, 2013
@jenanmoussa Well activity has vanished off Google's transparency report http://t.co/UJ2wME79ii
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) May 7, 2013
@jenanmoussa could they be using sat phones?
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) May 7, 2013
Breaking news: Traffic from Syria Disappears from Internet – Umbrella Security Labs http://t.co/OubqLwuopP via @thinkumbrella
— C.J. Chivers (@cjchivers) May 7, 2013
Anyone from #Syria tweeting right now?, Internet has been shut down completely. I wonder what's going on. Scary.
— العملاق اللطيف علي (@aliialhasani) May 7, 2013
More evidence that the Syrian internet just went *poof* http://t.co/UJ2wME79ii
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) May 7, 2013
#Syria is completely offline. #SecDev
— SalamaTech (@SalamaTech) May 7, 2013
Considering what happened in Banias and Bayda I'm not sure if we should be more or less worried about massacres when the internet is cut
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) May 7, 2013
ただこういうことすれば「恐怖」のバラマキはできるわけです。
“A negotiated settlement is the essential means to ending the bloodshed in #Syria,” says #Kerry http://t.co/Ob0jnFFq7r
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) May 7, 2013
Ok I cant reach my friends in #Aleppo. Seems no net there as well. #Syria || @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
Reports internet cut across #Syria. This Google's dramatic graph of Syrian web traffic falling off cliff #SyriaABC pic.twitter.com/u3h5XYf7Su
— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) May 7, 2013
Alright, this is scary. Internet is completely cut off from #Syria and we have no idea what could be happening right now! Any thoughts?
— العملاق اللطيف علي (@aliialhasani) May 7, 2013
FREE SYRIA@DamascusSYR
Many activists still have internet access via satellite internet #Syria
— عبدالله (@SyrianSmurf) May 7, 2013
そっちじゃなくて問題は非武装の人たち……
Use #Syriablackout to communicate your tweets on the current internet outage #Syria #Damascus #Aleppo #Homs #Idlib #Hama
— SalamaTech (@SalamaTech) May 7, 2013
A few folks using different DNS traffic monitoring tools report all web traffic from #Syria has stopped http://t.co/7u32wraLR5
— cops are bad (@FlimFlamEconomy) May 7, 2013
Explosion reported in Baramkeh in central #Damascus, according to @Syria_breaking
— نور (@NMSyria) May 7, 2013
RT: @patrickgaley: Internet in #Syria appears to have shut down. pic.twitter.com/2x3DCLqPk6
— Nadine Moawad (@nmoawad) May 7, 2013
I'll be really upset if this internet blackout gets more media attention than the Baniyas massacre. #Syria
— İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي (@iyad_elbaghdadi) May 7, 2013
Mobile services now off most areas in Homs & Damas. Seems fading to absolute shut down as well. #Syria
— S. Rifai (@THE_47th) May 7, 2013
PRAY FOR #Syria.
— العملاق اللطيف علي (@aliialhasani) May 7, 2013
michaeldweiss@michaeldweiss
Last time this happened was 29 November 2012. Mobile & phone networks had followed. Watch closely. #Syria
— İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي (@iyad_elbaghdadi) May 7, 2013
（当時リアルタイムでアーカイヴしてオンラインに置いてあるんだから、このくらい他人に問い合わせないで探し出してください）
Stephen Dockery@S_Dockery
Your priorities must really be fucked up if the internet blackout upsets you more than the massacre in Banyas, and the countless others.
— نور (@NMSyria) May 7, 2013
I am talking right now to a friend in #Aleppo and one in #Idleb. Both have satellite connections. Do you have questions for them? | @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
Al Akhbar's @JenanMoussa is in touch with activists in #Syria via sat phone. Send questions her way.
— ☪️Josh Black Lives Matteryar✡️ (@JShahryar) May 7, 2013
@jenanmoussa Ask them if mobile phone services are still working
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) May 7, 2013
@Brown_Moses @jenanmoussa nope. Just tried to call some friends
— Pieter Van Ostaeyen (@p_vanostaeyen) May 7, 2013
@Brown_Moses @jenanmoussa Friends calling from Kuwait can not reach Damascus mobiles
— Scully (@Mathidiot) May 7, 2013
US and Russia to work towards holding international meeting on Syria conflict by end of May http://t.co/QSUkFORdyA
— Breaking.co.uk (@BreakingCoDotUK) May 7, 2013
Many saying internet connections out across Syria. Bad things happen in the dark, bad things have been happening in broad daylight too 🙁
— (((YousefMunayyer))) (@YousefMunayyer) May 7, 2013
Activist from #Aleppo tells me now: " Net was cut off around 2 hours ago." || @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
One activist in #Aleppo and one in #Latakia both confirm that mobile connections are cut off as well. || @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
I think that's now Homs, Damascus, Aleppo, and Latakia with reports of cut mobile services.
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) May 7, 2013
Another activist in #Aleppo just told me that FEW #Aleppo neighborhoods still have mobile connections. || @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
Am listening to the sporadic sound of mortar rounds landing in the Damascus suburbs on the city limits
— Paul Danahar (@pdanahar) May 7, 2013
An activist in #Hama also confirmed that internet is cut there. || @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
CONFIRMED: #Syria lost Internet 2 hours ago, per multiple sources including Google + Akamai. http://t.co/PLScsYEYSy
— Craig Kanalley (@ckanal) May 7, 2013
RT @pdanahar: Am listening to the sporadic sound of mortar rounds landing in the Damascus suburbs on the city limits
— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) May 7, 2013
City number 5 RT@jenanmoussa An activist in #Hama also confirmed that internet is cut there.
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) May 7, 2013
Activist in #Latakia countryside told me they are all using, for a while now, turkish SIM nbs. They can still talk 2 outside work. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
Activist in #Hama: " We still have mobile network." || @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
Reg mobile network, #Hama connected, #Idleb not connected. In #Aleppo few neighborhoods still have mobile network acc to activists | @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
As for internet, activists in #Latakia, #Idleb, #Hama and #Aleppo all confirmed that net has been cut off. || @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
シリアのインターネット遮断の瞬間。トラフィックが急にゼロになっているので、グラフが断崖絶壁状態。 pic.twitter.com/x2IdNCY2Vx via JenanMoussa
— n o f r i l l s /共訳書『アメリカ侵略全史』作品社 (@nofrills) May 7, 2013
Luckily MOST activists in #Syria have satellite internet, never really relied on government net. So they are all still connected. || @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
Here's a video explaining how the Syrian Telecommunications Establishment (AS29386) cut internet in November 2012: http://t.co/v82AsWWFSp
— Patrick Galey #BlackLivesMatter (@patrickgaley) May 7, 2013
For reliable and quick updates on the internet and sat phone coverage breakage in #Syria, follow Al Akhbar's @jenanmoussa.
— ☪️Josh Black Lives Matteryar✡️ (@JShahryar) May 7, 2013
Activists in #Syria not really surprised that net is cut off. Feel normal about it. One tells me " It happened many times b4." || @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
I am trying to reach activists in #Damascus. No luck at all. So i do not know situation there. || @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
Midnight. Folks would be up. RT @jenanmoussa: I am trying to reach activists in #Damascus. No luck at all. So i do not know situation there.
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) May 7, 2013
Finally got through to an activist in #Daraa. She tells me: " There is no net and no mobile connection here." | @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
Web monitor: ‘Syria has largely disappeared from the Internet’ http://t.co/22TInExKew
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) May 7, 2013
Some R asking about #Damascus. I cannot get through to anyone in #Damascus. Also activists I know from other cities cant reach #Damascus.
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
@jenanmoussa This is not a localized internet blackout, this is Syria withdrawing itself from the internet map
— Shakeeb Al-Jabri (@LeShaque) May 7, 2013
I think we outside #Syria are making more of internet shutdown than people inside #Syria. Activists I'm speaking to R used to this. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
Basma Atassi | بسمة@Basma_
Jenan Moussa@jenanmoussa
Jasmine Roman@JasmineRoman01
Jenan Moussa@jenanmoussa
Jasmine Roman@JasmineRoman01
Traffic – Google Transparency Report の表紙（キャプチャ） http://t.co/XKeijbSzJi シリアはGoogleのサービスすべてにアクセスなし。
— n o f r i l l s /共訳書『アメリカ侵略全史』作品社 (@nofrills) May 7, 2013
https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2136795918904489701/2136796387604959803
日本時間で2013年5月8日、6時54分の状態のキャプチャ。
Happened only once before. RT @LeShaque: This is not a localized internet blackout, this is Syria withdrawing itself from the internet map
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) May 7, 2013
Yep. RT @LeShaque: #Syria has enforced a total internet blackout only once before, on November 28, 2012. That blackout lasted 48 hours.
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) May 7, 2013
RT @LeShaque: When Assad killed the internet in November 2012, most opposition came from his support base who do not have sat modems. #Syria
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) May 7, 2013
Stephen Dockery@S_Dockery
Anthony De Rosa@AntDeRosa
#Syria drops off the Internet, reasons unclear http://t.co/SvLEMg3q5a
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 7, 2013
I have to say, cutting of the Internet massively backfired against Mubarak and the world is largely back to trying to ignore Syria so.. Why?
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) May 7, 2013
I mean, if Internet stays down, if I do a lexis search in a week about Syria "chemical weapons" or "internet cut off", not sure which rules.
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) May 7, 2013
Internet blackout in #Syria .
— Monira Al Q. (@moniraism) May 7, 2013
AFP: #Syria drops off Internet, reasons unclear – http://t.co/Rq7gYhXn4B v @hany2m || @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
Web monitor: ‘Syria has largely disappeared from the Internet’ http://t.co/a2Vidyeoso シリアのネット遮断の件、WaPoフィッシャーさんによる現状報告まとめ。すぐに読め全体像把握できる。 #シリア
— n o f r i l l s /共訳書『アメリカ侵略全史』作品社 (@nofrills) May 7, 2013
Anthony De Rosa@AntDeRosa
"It seems Syria has largely disappeared from the Internet." (Also, this has happened before) http://t.co/LQNIIjnfvE
— Erin Cunningham (@erinmcunningham) May 7, 2013
Sometimes I smack myself for thinking that #Egypt's problems r trivial compared to #Syria..they r not..
— Weddady (@weddady) May 7, 2013
#Syria Dial Up access: +46850009990 +492317299993 +4953160941030 User:telecomix password:telecomix OR +33172890150 login:toto password:toto
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
"@LeShaque: Pro-regime pages: Russian television will announce within hours that Assad will be leading the war against #Israel. #Syria"
— Weddady (@weddady) May 7, 2013
"@TelecomixSyria: #Syria informations about using 56K modems with tcx dialups http://t.co/1PC6Vp7sbG"
— Weddady (@weddady) May 7, 2013
WTF. "US must consider int'l laws of war b4 taking any action in Syria". https://t.co/6Lgpv7seMF I can't possibly understand what this means
— n o f r i l l s /共訳書『アメリカ侵略全史』作品社 (@nofrills) May 7, 2013
ほんとだ。「虐殺」 http://t.co/8epUXn0Itr より「ネット遮断」 http://t.co/mK2San8Fa8 の方が初速出るわ。どっちも「シリア」と表題につけてある。もう心底うんざりだ。
— n o f r i l l s /共訳書『アメリカ侵略全史』作品社 (@nofrills) May 7, 2013
More on the apparent internet blackout in Syria: http://t.co/EvXyKa2JNp
— Anjali Khosla (@_anjalikhosla) May 7, 2013
一番早かったのrenesysか。11月の遮断も最速だった。4:30には出してる。
https://twitter.com/renesys/status/331853496339021824
Once again internet is down all over #Syria not sure how long it will last this time.
— Lina Sinjab (@BBCLinaSinjab) May 7, 2013
ダマスカスのBBC記者、ツイートあり。 https://t.co/VlX3O4pSTl
— n o f r i l l s /共訳書『アメリカ侵略全史』作品社 (@nofrills) May 7, 2013
At least mobile phones are still working not like last time where all communication was cut off for over two days #Syria
— Lina Sinjab (@BBCLinaSinjab) May 7, 2013
Here's a map of submarine cables connecting #Syria to the Internet. Additional paths through #Turkey. pic.twitter.com/SZMrgQ621K
— InternetIntelligence (@InternetIntel) May 7, 2013
Some calls to mobile phones in various regions in #Syria are going through. No confirmation on the landlines yet. Internet still down.
— Shakeeb Al-Jabri (@LeShaque) May 7, 2013
Good night everyone. Hope no massacres happen again in #Syria. Syrians deserve so much better.
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
日本時間で朝7時台＝現地で午前1時台、30分を回って、シリア関連のツイートが途絶えてきましたので、ひとまずここで更新終了します。
8 May 2013, 7:50 JST
So, Syrian internet and mobile phones are down? Landlines, too? All those are separate systems.
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) May 7, 2013
The Internet Is Off In #Syria. I was quoted here: http://t.co/1x0dNo3mg1 || @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013
Update: 復旧
Syrian Internet is returning. First probes making it through, routing restoration in progress pic.twitter.com/NbaU1OCmZz
— InternetIntelligence (@InternetIntel) May 8, 2013
Syrian Internet outage 19.5 hours; started 18:45 UTC May 7th, ended 14:13 UTC May 8th. pic.twitter.com/OtySoPVK2Q
— InternetIntelligence (@InternetIntel) May 8, 2013
#Syria Internet connectivity appears to be returning — @Akamai platform traffic to the country is increasing: pic.twitter.com/0Kl1ZmfAY1
— StateOfTheInternet (@akamai_soti) May 8, 2013
The Internet is back in Damascus. For almost 24 hours only texting worked
— Paul Danahar (@pdanahar) May 8, 2013
The internet in Syria appears to have returned after a blackout that lasted more than 19 hours http://t.co/1N8Igsnx9N
— Breaking.co.uk (@BreakingCoDotUK) May 8, 2013
#Syria's global internet connection resumes, after interruption lasting 16 hours http://t.co/UbnabVXv86
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 8, 2013
Monitoring company Renesys noted signs of activity at around 14:30 GMT (17:30 local time) on Wednesday.
BBC News – Syrian internet back after 19-hour blackout
Wednesday = 8 May 2013
Internet restored in Syria after two-day blackout: http://t.co/cajcaHF3Vt
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 8, 2013
19-Hour Internet Outage in Syria Ends http://t.co/FrWxQm4AIw
— Mashable (@mashable) May 8, 2013
Local state-run media had reported earlier that a “fault in optical fibre cables” was to blame for the blackout.
However, experts dismissed this explanation as “unlikely”.
BBC News – Syrian internet back after 19-hour blackout
David Belson, of Akamai, said: “Our monitoring shows that Syria’s international internet connectivity is through at least four providers, and published submarine cable maps show connectivity through three active cables.
“As such, the failure of a single optical cable is unlikely to cause a complete internet outage for the country.”
BBC News – Syrian internet back after 19-hour blackout
つまり、シリア国営メディアは「ネット接続が切れたのは光ファイバーのケーブルに不具合があったため」と説明しているが、専門家は「ありえない」と一蹴。例えばAkamaiのデイヴィッド・ベルソンさんは、「シリアの国際ネット接続は少なくとも4つの提供元があり、海底ケーブルは3本あるので、光ケーブルが1本使えなくなったとしても、全土でネット遮断になるということはまずない」。
