Another internet outage recorded in Belarus

On Monday, August 17, internet in Belarus was again completely down. The issue lasted for several minutes.

Confirmed: Nation-scale internet disruption currently registered in #Belarus affecting almost all networks in the country; incident duration ~15 minutes, with signs of some ongoing impact 📉

📰 Background: https://t.co/JcBhvhgVcR pic.twitter.com/QXVTANRwu2

— NetBlocks.org (@netblocks) August 17, 2020

Reports were corroborated by local Telegram channels.

As of writing, connectivity was starting to recover, although outages continue to be reported.

Internet problems in Belarus began amid the presidential elections and the protests that followed.

Daily losses from the internet shutdown were estimated at $56 million. More than 500 local IT workers signed an open letter against violence. In it they said that “the country is forming conditions in which technological business cannot operate.”

Belarusian bitcoin exchanges told ForkLog that they were able to minimize the risks from the internet shutdown.

Experts at ForkLog explained how to circumvent blocks and in which cases this is not possible, ForkLog told their insights.

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