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|In response to protests, the Iranian Government ordered a week-long internet blackout. Some networks had entirely withdrawn their traffic routes, while some only blocked traffic.<ref>Doug Madory, ‘[https://blogs.oracle.com/internetintelligence/historic-internet-blackout-in-iran Historic Internet Blackout in Iran]’ |
|In response to protests, the Iranian Government ordered a week-long internet blackout. Some networks had entirely withdrawn their traffic routes, while some only blocked traffic.<ref>Doug Madory, ‘[https://blogs.oracle.com/internetintelligence/historic-internet-blackout-in-iran Historic Internet Blackout in Iran]’, Oracle Blogs (18 November 2019).</ref> Through the blackout, the Iranian ‘national information network’, i.e. the internal network infrastructure, was still maintained and was accessible.<ref>Al Jazeera, ‘[https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2019/11/27/after-internet-blackout-iranians-take-stock After Internet Blackout, Iranians Take Stock]’ (Tehran, 27 November 2019).</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 15:39, 17 September 2021
| Date | 23 November 2019 |
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| Actor | Iran |
| Victims | N/A |
| Target systems | Internet service providers in Iran |
| Method | In response to protests, the Iranian Government ordered a week-long internet blackout. Some networks had entirely withdrawn their traffic routes, while some only blocked traffic.[1] Through the blackout, the Iranian ‘national information network’, i.e. the internal network infrastructure, was still maintained and was accessible.[2] |
| Purpose | To quell internal protests |
| Result | While Iranians were deeply affected, whether the blackout affected other jurisdictions has not been widely reported. |
| Aftermath | N/A |
| Analysed in | Scenario 24: Internet blockage |
Collected by: Gurshabad Grover & Arindrajit Basu
- ↑ Doug Madory, ‘Historic Internet Blackout in Iran’, Oracle Blogs (18 November 2019).
- ↑ Al Jazeera, ‘After Internet Blackout, Iranians Take Stock’ (Tehran, 27 November 2019).