Active Incident
Internet outage in Kuwait
Kuwait · May 3, 2026 · Ongoing
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Kuwait. 3 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
67%
Anomaly Rate
3
Measurements
67%
Confidence
What This Means
67% of 3 network tests from Kuwait failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 64+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.
How We Detected This
Data Sourceioda + censoredplanet
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score67% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMay 3, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (6)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis3 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Al Asimah"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.65
May 3, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Al Ahmadi"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.67
May 3, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Mubarak Al-Kabeer"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.68
May 3, 2026
View source →Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research3 records
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
May 3, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
May 3, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for psiphon.ca"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
May 3, 2026
View source →What we cannot say
- Who caused it — measurement data alone does not attribute this to any government, ISP, or other actor.
- Intent — anomalous or unreachable measurements indicate interference, not a stated motive or a deliberate-vs-incidental determination.
- Which networks — no specific ASN/ISP is identified for this incident.
- The mechanism — we cannot state whether this was DNS tampering, TLS/SNI reset, an HTTP blockpage, throttling, or an infrastructure outage.
- A confirmed duration — we report the observation window, not a verified start/stop of any block.
- Sub-national scope — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.
Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Internet outage in Kuwait [KW-2026-0041]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/KW-2026-0041