Syria is Offline, Unreachable via the Internet
Syria's Internet connectivity has been completely crippled since the early morning of today (EST).
According to Renesys, all of Syria's 84 IP address blocks are unreachable. The company's traceroutes identified five networks that use Syrian-registered IP space and host Syrian content, but these traces lead Tata Communications and offshore destinations. "[These networks] perhaps [are] not subject to whatever killswitch was thrown today within Syria," Renesys wrote in a blog post.
Akamai confirmed the Renesys report and published a traffic chart that visualizes the sudden traffic drop at 10:26 UTC/GMT.
Arbor networks also documented the shutdown of Syria's Internet with a similar characteristic as the shutdown of the Internet in Egypt in January 2011. Egypt was offline nearly seven days back then.
They would then either trace the leaders and "disappear" them, or trick the followers into installing spywares onto their computers, and use other sabotages.
As a result, some of the rebels that were interviewed admitted that they were afraid of using the internet, and attempted to counter-act the espionage, such as contacting western security firms to assist in identifying and stopping the new spywares.
The Syrian war isn't just a war. It's also a major cyberwar, with each side trying to gain the advantage over the other.
Most obvious one: The Syrian government got tired of playing Mr. Hacker and decided to play Mr. Shutdown_Everything
WWI: Trench Warfare
WWII: Nukes
WWIII: Cyber Warfare
WWIV: Battlestar Galatica
They would then either trace the leaders and "disappear" them, or trick the followers into installing spywares onto their computers, and use other sabotages.
As a result, some of the rebels that were interviewed admitted that they were afraid of using the internet, and attempted to counter-act the espionage, such as contacting western security firms to assist in identifying and stopping the new spywares.
The Syrian war isn't just a war. It's also a major cyberwar, with each side trying to gain the advantage over the other.
Most obvious one: The Syrian government got tired of playing Mr. Hacker and decided to play Mr. Shutdown_Everything
WWI: Trench Warfare
WWII: Nukes
WWIII: Cyber Warfare
Makes me wonder what they will think up next.
Space Warfare!
Yea, maybe it was the US Air Force, shutting off the internet so that they can take over Syria and use it as a base for their top secret Blimp Bomber Core.
Step 1: Install kill-switches on all major servers.
Step 2: Hit the switch.
Exactly. Cut communications is a tactic to warfare. I am hoping the the Syrian people all the best!
WWI: Trench Warfare
WWII: Nukes
WWIII: Cyber Warfare
WWIV: Battlestar Galatica
pulls out the old porn mags.
*AK-47 gunfire rip through the window, shortly followed by a cluster bomb landing in the middle of the living room and tearing you a new rear end, literally.*
WW2: Nukes were used only twice and only at the very end of the war.
If anything WW2: was Aircraft carrier/tanks.
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