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Incident record · Iraq

Internet connectivity disruption in Iraq

Type
mixed
Status
active
Severity
critical
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Source summary

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Iraq. 3 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.

Open incident JSON
Reported anomaly rate
1.3%

Source-defined signal; not a universal test-failure percentage.

Source measurement count
3

The record’s count can represent aggregate inputs or alerts.

Incident confidence
67%

A source score, not certainty of intentional censorship.

Linked evidence has its own count and confidence fields. These quantities are not interchangeable.

Follow the evidence

5 linked records.

Inspect the observation, the upstream claim and why it was linked.

Qualifying linked evidence sources: IODA (4) · Censored Planet (1). Historical incident source labels may include quarantined observations and are not detection evidence by themselves.

Linked observation dates

5 dated · 0 without a verified timezone
IODA4 linked records
Censored Planet1 linked record
Aug 17, 2026 · 00:00 UTCAug 17, 2026 · 14:45 UTC

Each point is a linked record. Horizontal position shows observation time; stacking separates nearby points. The full records below provide the values. This is not a measured outage-duration chart.

Upstream claims are attributed to their source. Multiple records or source names do not by themselves establish independent corroboration.

IODA4 records · open evidence

outage · critical

ioda:alert:bgp:region:1861:1786977900

IODA detected critical level outage for Al-Basrah

Upstream claim · IODA
Signal value
0.022124
Signal baseline
226
Evidence confidence
65%
Link confidence
80%

Why it is linked: Same country and date, critical level IODA alert

Retrieved
2026-08-17 18:00:03.798883 · timezone unspecified
Open IODA entity dashboard (day parameters)
Complete evidence record
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  "asn": null,
  "blockingMethod": null,
  "citationScope": "signal_window",
  "citationUrl": "https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ?from=1786924800&until=1787011200",
  "confidence": 0.65,
  "continent": "Asia",
  "countryCode": "IQ",
  "domain": null,
  "domainCategory": null,
  "exactMeasurementLink": false,
  "id": 329987343,
  "kind": "alert",
  "linkConfidence": 0.8,
  "linkReason": "Same country and date, critical level IODA alert",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-17T14:45:00Z",
  "probeNodeId": null,
  "regionCode": "1861",
  "retrievedAt": "2026-08-17T18:00:03.798883",
  "riskTier": 2,
  "signalBaseline": 226,
  "signalLevel": "critical",
  "signalType": "outage",
  "signalValue": 0.022123893805309734,
  "source": "ioda",
  "sourceRef": "ioda:alert:bgp:region:1861:1786977900",
  "sourceUrl": "https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ",
  "unSubregion": "Western Asia",
  "upstreamCause": null,
  "upstreamClaim": "IODA detected critical level outage for Al-Basrah",
  "upstreamSeverity": "critical"
}

outage · critical

ioda:alert:bgp:region:1857:1786959900

IODA detected critical level outage for Sala ad-Din

Upstream claim · IODA
Signal value
0.010753
Signal baseline
93
Evidence confidence
65%
Link confidence
80%

Why it is linked: Same country and date, critical level IODA alert

Retrieved
2026-08-17 12:00:04.176552 · timezone unspecified
Open IODA entity dashboard (day parameters)
Complete evidence record
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  "asn": null,
  "blockingMethod": null,
  "citationScope": "signal_window",
  "citationUrl": "https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ?from=1786924800&until=1787011200",
  "confidence": 0.65,
  "continent": "Asia",
  "countryCode": "IQ",
  "domain": null,
  "domainCategory": null,
  "exactMeasurementLink": false,
  "id": 329152085,
  "kind": "alert",
  "linkConfidence": 0.8,
  "linkReason": "Same country and date, critical level IODA alert",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-17T09:45:00Z",
  "probeNodeId": null,
  "regionCode": "1857",
  "retrievedAt": "2026-08-17T12:00:04.176552",
  "riskTier": 2,
  "signalBaseline": 93,
  "signalLevel": "critical",
  "signalType": "outage",
  "signalValue": 0.010752688172043012,
  "source": "ioda",
  "sourceRef": "ioda:alert:bgp:region:1857:1786959900",
  "sourceUrl": "https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ",
  "unSubregion": "Western Asia",
  "upstreamCause": null,
  "upstreamClaim": "IODA detected critical level outage for Sala ad-Din",
  "upstreamSeverity": "critical"
}

outage · critical

ioda:alert:bgp:region:1854:1786947900

IODA detected critical level outage for At-Ta'mim

Upstream claim · IODA
Signal value
0.017241
Signal baseline
116
Evidence confidence
65%
Link confidence
80%

Why it is linked: Same country and date, critical level IODA alert

Retrieved
2026-08-17 12:00:04.176552 · timezone unspecified
Open IODA entity dashboard (day parameters)
Complete evidence record
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  "asn": null,
  "blockingMethod": null,
  "citationScope": "signal_window",
  "citationUrl": "https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ?from=1786924800&until=1787011200",
  "confidence": 0.65,
  "continent": "Asia",
  "countryCode": "IQ",
  "domain": null,
  "domainCategory": null,
  "exactMeasurementLink": false,
  "id": 329152074,
  "kind": "alert",
  "linkConfidence": 0.8,
  "linkReason": "Same country and date, critical level IODA alert",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-17T06:25:00Z",
  "probeNodeId": null,
  "regionCode": "1854",
  "retrievedAt": "2026-08-17T12:00:04.176552",
  "riskTier": 2,
  "signalBaseline": 116,
  "signalLevel": "critical",
  "signalType": "outage",
  "signalValue": 0.017241379310344827,
  "source": "ioda",
  "sourceRef": "ioda:alert:bgp:region:1854:1786947900",
  "sourceUrl": "https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ",
  "unSubregion": "Western Asia",
  "upstreamCause": null,
  "upstreamClaim": "IODA detected critical level outage for At-Ta'mim",
  "upstreamSeverity": "critical"
}

outage · critical

ioda:alert:bgp:region:1857:1786947900

IODA detected critical level outage for Sala ad-Din

Upstream claim · IODA
Signal value
0.010753
Signal baseline
93
Evidence confidence
65%
Link confidence
80%

Why it is linked: Same country and date, critical level IODA alert

Retrieved
2026-08-17 12:00:04.176552 · timezone unspecified
Open IODA entity dashboard (day parameters)
Complete evidence record
{
  "asn": null,
  "blockingMethod": null,
  "citationScope": "signal_window",
  "citationUrl": "https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ?from=1786924800&until=1787011200",
  "confidence": 0.65,
  "continent": "Asia",
  "countryCode": "IQ",
  "domain": null,
  "domainCategory": null,
  "exactMeasurementLink": false,
  "id": 329152075,
  "kind": "alert",
  "linkConfidence": 0.8,
  "linkReason": "Same country and date, critical level IODA alert",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-17T06:25:00Z",
  "probeNodeId": null,
  "regionCode": "1857",
  "retrievedAt": "2026-08-17T12:00:04.176552",
  "riskTier": 2,
  "signalBaseline": 93,
  "signalLevel": "critical",
  "signalType": "outage",
  "signalValue": 0.010752688172043012,
  "source": "ioda",
  "sourceRef": "ioda:alert:bgp:region:1857:1786947900",
  "sourceUrl": "https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ",
  "unSubregion": "Western Asia",
  "upstreamCause": null,
  "upstreamClaim": "IODA detected critical level outage for Sala ad-Din",
  "upstreamSeverity": "critical"
}
Censored Planet1 record · open evidence

http-blocking-tcp-reset · elevated

censoredplanet:hyperquack:HTTP:IQ:twitter.com:2026-08-17

HTTP blocking (tcp-reset): 4/8 probes blocked (50.0%) for twitter.com

Upstream claim · Censored Planet
Signal value
0.5
Signal baseline
Unavailable
Evidence confidence
80%
Link confidence
80%

Why it is linked: CenAlert event for same country and date range

Domain
twitter.com
Blocking method
tcp-reset
Retrieved
Aug 18, 2026 · 16:27 UTC
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Complete evidence record
{
  "asn": 215597,
  "blockingMethod": "tcp-reset",
  "citationScope": "publisher_portal",
  "citationUrl": "https://data.censoredplanet.org",
  "confidence": 0.8,
  "continent": "Asia",
  "countryCode": "IQ",
  "domain": "twitter.com",
  "domainCategory": "GRP",
  "exactMeasurementLink": false,
  "id": 332537164,
  "kind": "http-probe",
  "linkConfidence": 0.8,
  "linkReason": "CenAlert event for same country and date range",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-17T00:00:00Z",
  "probeNodeId": null,
  "regionCode": null,
  "retrievedAt": "2026-08-18T16:27:41.677689Z",
  "riskTier": 2,
  "signalBaseline": null,
  "signalLevel": "elevated",
  "signalType": "http-blocking-tcp-reset",
  "signalValue": 0.5,
  "source": "censoredplanet",
  "sourceRef": "censoredplanet:hyperquack:HTTP:IQ:twitter.com:2026-08-17",
  "sourceUrl": "https://data.censoredplanet.org",
  "unSubregion": "Western Asia",
  "upstreamCause": null,
  "upstreamClaim": "HTTP blocking (tcp-reset): 4/8 probes blocked (50.0%) for twitter.com",
  "upstreamSeverity": null
}
Source-reported corroboration

The source’s corroboration assessment is separate from incident confidence and evidence-link confidence. Inspect its source list, count and description.

{
  "description": "2 source labels present (censoredplanet, ioda); target/time agreement not verified",
  "evidenceCount": 5,
  "level": "medium",
  "score": 0.8,
  "sourceCount": 2,
  "sources": [
    "censoredplanet",
    "ioda"
  ]
}

Declared incident sources (historical metadata): IODA · Censored Planet.

Qualifying linked evidence sources: IODA (4) · Censored Planet (1).

Multiple qualifying linked source labels do not establish target and time agreement or source independence.

Scope and attribution

What the record names.

Methodology

Affected services

Twitter/XX

Incident mechanism

Infrastructure outage

Individual evidence may carry more specific methods. Those do not automatically describe the entire incident.

Affected domains · 1

Domains named by the source record. Each link opens country-specific OONI measurements; a named domain is not a blanket national-block verdict.

twitter.com
Networks and evidence attribution

ASNs named by this source record: AS215597.

This aggregate describes fields literally present in qualifying linked evidence. It does not identify who caused an event or prove intent.

{
  "asns_attributed": 1,
  "domains_attributed": 1,
  "methods": [
    {
      "evidence_count": 4,
      "method": "outage"
    },
    {
      "evidence_count": 1,
      "method": "tcp-reset"
    }
  ],
  "note": "Aggregated from this incident's qualifying linked evidence rows — only domains, ASNs, and blocking methods the evidence literally records are shown, with the per-item evidence count.",
  "sources": [
    "censoredplanet",
    "ioda"
  ],
  "top_asns": [
    {
      "asn": "AS215597",
      "evidence_count": 1
    }
  ],
  "top_domains": [
    {
      "domain": "twitter.com",
      "evidence_count": 1
    }
  ]
}
What this record cannot establish

Measurements alone do not attribute an event to a government, ISP or another actor, and do not establish intent. An outage or anomalous result can have several explanations.

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Created
2026-08-17 12:00:07.405292 · timezone unspecified
Last updated
2026-08-18 18:00:07.887864 · timezone unspecified
Revision
4
Revision history and original fields

Revision-history array unavailable.

Canonical ID: IQ-2026-0356. Source ID: IQ-2026-0356. Hash ID: b666bcb8c650.

Additional source duration field: 8.3333 hours. It is retained separately from the minutes field and does not establish a verified event duration.

Complete source JSON
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  "affectedDomains": [
    "twitter.com"
  ],
  "affectedServices": [
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    "X"
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        "method": "outage"
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      {
        "evidence_count": 1,
        "method": "tcp-reset"
      }
    ],
    "note": "Aggregated from this incident's qualifying linked evidence rows — only domains, ASNs, and blocking methods the evidence literally records are shown, with the per-item evidence count.",
    "sources": [
      "censoredplanet",
      "ioda"
    ],
    "top_asns": [
      {
        "asn": "AS215597",
        "evidence_count": 1
      }
    ],
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      {
        "domain": "twitter.com",
        "evidence_count": 1
      }
    ]
  },
  "confidence": 0.67,
  "corroboration": {
    "description": "2 source labels present (censoredplanet, ioda); target/time agreement not verified",
    "evidenceCount": 5,
    "level": "medium",
    "score": 0.8,
    "sourceCount": 2,
    "sources": [
      "censoredplanet",
      "ioda"
    ]
  },
  "country": "IQ",
  "countryName": "Iraq",
  "createdAt": "2026-08-17T12:00:07.405292",
  "description": "IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Iraq. 3 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.",
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  "endTime": "2026-08-17T14:45:00Z",
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  "normalOoniObservationCount": 0,
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  "normalOoniObservations": [],
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  "status": "active",
  "title": "Internet connectivity disruption in Iraq",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-18T18:00:07.887864"
}
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Facts: Internet connectivity disruption in Iraq. Country: Iraq. Source type: mixed. Source status: active. Reported observation window: 2026-08-17T06:25:00Z to 2026-08-17T14:45:00Z.

As of linked evidence: . Record generated: 2026-10-23T13:45:09.807896Z; page checked: 2026-10-23T13:45:09.833Z. These are different times.

Stored incident source labels: 2 distinct declared names (ioda, censoredplanet). These are historical metadata; qualifying linked sources are shown above. Source names are not independent corroboration.

Cite: Voidly Research. (n.d.). Internet connectivity disruption in Iraq [IQ-2026-0356]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/IQ-2026-0356

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