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Cloudflare Radar Q3 2026: 49 Internet disruptions, led by Iraq exam shutdowns, power failures and natural disasters

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Cloudflare Radar recorded 49 Internet disruptions in Q3 2026 (July-September). Government-directed shutdowns caused 19, including 18 scheduled exam shutdowns in Iraq. Power outages caused 14, and natural disasters caused five. Cuba, Honduras, Ukraine and Guam were among the countries hit by grid failures or storms. Ethiopia's Tigray region had a 10-day government-directed shutdown. Cyber-related events were marginal: Portugal's MEO (AS3243) reported a "mass attack", and Rostelecom described fiber damage in Russia's Far East as deliberate.

Detalhes técnicos

  • Cuba: four grid-related outages (July 6, July 14, August 3, and September 18-20). Traffic fell between 18% and 59%.
  • Honduras: a September 10 power failure at an interconnection facility affected at least 11 major providers. HTTP traffic fell 63% for about three hours. Telecomunicaciones de Guatemala (AS14754) and Celtel (AS52262) were unaffected.
  • Ukraine: a July 5 outage in Sevastopol cut HTTP traffic by 98% for eight hours. Drone strikes on energy infrastructure on August 12 caused a ten-hour disruption with up to a 95% traffic drop.
  • United States: on August 13 a cooling system failure at a Phoenix data center caused a near-total traffic drop for Namecheap (AS22612).
  • Natural disasters: Super Typhoon Bavi hit Guam, with only about 25% of distribution feeders online at one point. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Colombia caused a 4.5-day disruption at Colombia Telecomunicaciones (AS3816). A magnitude 7.1 earthquake affected Kumamoto, Japan. Flash floods in Nepal on August 26 caused a two-hour outage.
  • Iraq: shutdowns ran 03:30-04:00 UTC for 15-90 minutes each, mostly between August 26 and September 28. The Communication Minister pledged a digital exam-distribution system to end them. Syria and Sudan recorded no exam shutdowns, which Cloudflare attributes to exam calendars rather than a policy change.
  • Ethiopia: a 10-day shutdown in Tigray took traffic down 100% there and up to 30% nationally.
  • Russia: on September 19, during nationwide elections, fiber damage affected Chukotka, Magadan, Kamchatka and Sakhalin. Cloudflare says Radar data alone cannot link it to the elections.
  • Other network-level outages: One Communications (AS19863, Guyana, cable cut), MEO (AS3243, Portugal, reported "mass attack"), Digicel Haiti (AS27653), TurkNet (AS12735) and Fanap Telecom (AS206065, Iran).
  • Recovery: 14 disruptions recovered in under an hour and 16 in under three hours.

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    Cloudflare Radar Q3 2026: 49 Internet disruptions, led by Iraq exam shutdowns, power failures and natural disasters

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    Cloudflare Radar recorded 49 Internet disruptions in Q3 2026 (July-September). Government-directed shutdowns caused 19, including 18 scheduled exam shutdowns in Iraq. Power outages caused 14, and natural disasters caused five. Cuba, Honduras, Ukraine and Guam were among the countries hit by grid failures or storms. Ethiopia's Tigray region had a 10-day government-directed shutdown. Cyber-related events were marginal: Portugal's MEO (AS3243) reported a "mass attack", and Rostelecom described fiber damage in Russia's Far East as deliberate.

    Technical Details

    • Cuba: four grid-related outages (July 6, July 14, August 3, and September 18-20). Traffic fell between 18% and 59%.
    • Honduras: a September 10 power failure at an interconnection facility affected at least 11 major providers. HTTP traffic fell 63% for about three hours. Telecomunicaciones de Guatemala (AS14754) and Celtel (AS52262) were unaffected.
    • Ukraine: a July 5 outage in Sevastopol cut HTTP traffic by 98% for eight hours. Drone strikes on energy infrastructure on August 12 caused a ten-hour disruption with up to a 95% traffic drop.
    • United States: on August 13 a cooling system failure at a Phoenix data center caused a near-total traffic drop for Namecheap (AS22612).
    • Natural disasters: Super Typhoon Bavi hit Guam, with only about 25% of distribution feeders online at one point. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Colombia caused a 4.5-day disruption at Colombia Telecomunicaciones (AS3816). A magnitude 7.1 earthquake affected Kumamoto, Japan. Flash floods in Nepal on August 26 caused a two-hour outage.
    • Iraq: shutdowns ran 03:30-04:00 UTC for 15-90 minutes each, mostly between August 26 and September 28. The Communication Minister pledged a digital exam-distribution system to end them. Syria and Sudan recorded no exam shutdowns, which Cloudflare attributes to exam calendars rather than a policy change.
    • Ethiopia: a 10-day shutdown in Tigray took traffic down 100% there and up to 30% nationally.
    • Russia: on September 19, during nationwide elections, fiber damage affected Chukotka, Magadan, Kamchatka and Sakhalin. Cloudflare says Radar data alone cannot link it to the elections.
    • Other network-level outages: One Communications (AS19863, Guyana, cable cut), MEO (AS3243, Portugal, reported "mass attack"), Digicel Haiti (AS27653), TurkNet (AS12735) and Fanap Telecom (AS206065, Iran).
    • Recovery: 14 disruptions recovered in under an hour and 16 in under three hours.