2 year agoInternet has been significantly restored in Kazakhstan from ~6 am local time following a digital curfew that lets users go online a few hours each day. The state-imposed shutdown has left millions without access to services and information
.@CISAgov continues to push for remediation and strengthening security protocols as it leads US response, per @CISAJen CISA's webpage with guidance has already gotten 330,000 page views since it was stood up almost a month ago Another tool downloaded @ 4,000 times
.@CISAgov update on Log4j shell: "This really is the most serious vulnerability I've seen in my career" per Director @CISAJen Likely present in hundreds of millions of products worldwide, & exploiting vulnerability "trivial" she adds
"We have seen widespread exploitation" by criminal actors & seen some reports of more significant activity, per @CISAJen on Log4j, But @CISAgov cannot independently confirm some reported use/exploitation by foreign adversaries
2 year agoKazakhstan's internet shutdown continues as of Monday afternoon amidst protests and political turmoil. Earlier today, some users briefly came online for the first time in five days, while many in NurSultan remain connected.
2 year agoInternet has been partially restored for some users in Kazakhstan for the sixth time since Wednesday's blackout, in keeping with a daily curfew cycle
Disruption at one of two undersea cables to Svalbard: The disruption is located somewhere between 130 to 230 kilometers southwest of Longyearbyen in the area where the seabed goes from 300 meters down to 2700 meters in the Greenland Sea
2 year agoUsing shodan to find indicators of ransomware victims reveals quite a few interesting results . Trends for the "encrypted" string on port 3389 shows an increase in 2019/20, with many having ransomware notes from Loki Locker or XINOF
2 year agoIt's now Friday morning in Kazakhstan where internet has been shut down for some 36 hours, placing public safety at risk and leaving friends and family cut off. Connectivity levels continue to flatline at just 5% of ordinary levels
In Ukraine, the SBU security service @ServiceSsu reportedly disrupted 59 attempted cyber attacks on government services in December 2021 alone
Internet and communications outage in all networks in Sudan
2 year agoConfirmed: Kazakhstan is again in the midst of a nation-scale internet blackout as of early morning Thursday. While service was available, President Tokayev gave a televised speech appealing to Russia for assistance to "protect the state."
Websites of Kazakhstani authorities and TV channels are unavailable again
2 year agoReal-time network data show internet access in Kazakhstan has been partially restored following a nation-scale blackout earlier today amid widespread anti-government protests. It is unknown whether connectivity will be sustained.
Wired internet has been partially restored in Nur-Sultan(Astana)
2 year agoInternet has been down in Kazahstan for a few hours where roughly 18% if Bitcoin's hashrate is. Looks like the impact on the hashrate is so far 12% drop just in the last few hours since internet went down
2 year agoIssues with ATM machines of "Optima Bank" in Kyrgyzstan due to internet shutdown in Kazakhstan
2 year agoConfirmed: Kazakhstan is now in the midst of a nation-scale internet blackout after a day of mobile internet disruptions and partial restrictions
Official Kazakhstan websites are not accessible from abroad, users reports wired internet shutdown
Reports of issues with internet all over Kazakhstan again. Users could not upload files or send messages
Hackers interrupted a lawyer video briefing on Zoom on Tuesday for relatives of those who died when Iran shot down Ukraine aircraft
2 year agoInternet significantly disrupted in Kazakhstan as protests against energy prices reach Almaty; real-time network data show impact to multiple providers with high impact to mobile services including Beeline
Kazakhstani mobile operator Kcell explained the interruptions in communication as “the actions of authorities to ensure security”
2 year agoTelecommunications company "Beeline Kazakhstan" confirmed that it is not providing cellular internet services due to "reasons beyond the control of the company"
2 year agoUsers report problems with Telegram across Europe
2 year agoKazTag and Orda.kz websites have been blocked in Kazakhstan for covering protests
To mark two years since the killing of Qassem Soleimani, a famous Iranian general, hackers with suspected links to Iran took over the websites of Israeli newspapers Maariv and the Jerusalem Post, posting a threatening message
Beijing is collecting datas on overseas social media targets: official documents show that State-agencies are mining Twitter and Facebook to create a database of foreign journalists and academics and monitor Western people critically talking about China
A cyber attack – possibly by China or Russia – hit the academic arm of the UK's Ministry of Defence and had a "significant" impact, the officer in charge at the time has revealed
Due to a malfunction NOS.nl and the NOS app are not or hardly accessible. It is unclear how long the outage will last. The latest news can still be followed on NOS Teletext on television.
