Web wipeout: Syria suffers nationwide internet blackout
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| A Free Syrian Army fighter aims towards Aleppo's historical citadel controlled by snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad November 28, 2012 (Reuters / Saad Al-Jabri
The internet in Syria has been shut off nationwide, say two US based web-monitoring companies. During the 20 months of civil uprising, Syria has gone through partial internet disruption, but a 100 per cent blackout is unprecedented.
US-based network security firm Renesys registered Syria disappearing from the internet at 12:26pm local time (10:26 GMT).
“All 84 of Syria's IP address blocks have become unreachable, effectively removing the country from the internet,” reads Renesys’ blogpost.
The same was confirmed by Akamai Technologies Inc, another US-based company that distributes content on the internet.
Akamai Technologies's internet traffic data shows Syria blackout line (Image from twitter.com/akamai_soti)
Activists in Syria reached Thursday by satellite telephone confirmed the unprecedented blackout. They also claimed difficulties with cell and landline telephone connections.
The Associated Press remarks that previously telephone and internet connections in the Arab country were cut off during major military operations.
Hacktivist group Anonymous reacted swiftly, tweeting they "know what happens in the dark #OpSyria" and offering numbers for a dial-up connection.
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