Confirmed: internet outage in Iraq

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Confirmed: internet outage in Iraq

Iraq · March 15, 2026 · Ongoing

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Iraq. 6 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.

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Evidence

3%

Anomaly Rate

6

Measurements

70%

Confidence

What This Means

3% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.

How We Detected This

Data Sourceioda + censoredplanet

ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)

Confidence Score70% certainty of censorship

Detection TimeMarch 15, 2026

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Corroborating Evidence (8)

Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.

IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis6 records

outage

"IODA detected critical level outage for Maysan"— IODA report

Signal value: 0.03

Mar 15, 2026

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outage

"IODA detected critical level outage for Karbala'"— IODA report

Signal value: 0.02

Mar 15, 2026

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outage

"IODA detected critical level outage for Babil"— IODA report

Signal value: 0.02

Mar 15, 2026

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outage

"IODA detected critical level outage for Wasit"— IODA report

Signal value: 0.01

Mar 15, 2026

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outage

"IODA detected critical level outage for Ninawa"— IODA report

Signal value: 0.11

Mar 15, 2026

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Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research2 records

dns-blocking

"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for pornhub.com"— Censored Planet report

Signal value: 1.00

Mar 15, 2026

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dns-blocking

"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for xvideos.com"— Censored Planet report

Signal value: 1.00

Mar 15, 2026

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Blocked Domains (2)

pornhub.com xvideos.com

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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). Confirmed: internet outage in Iraq [IQ-2026-0055]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/IQ-2026-0055

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Confirmed: internet outage in Iraq

Evidence

What This Means

How We Detected This

Corroborating Evidence (8)

Blocked Domains (2)

What we cannot say

Cite This Incident

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