{"id":27230,"date":"2020-08-13T19:32:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T16:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=27230"},"modified":"2025-08-26T19:31:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:31:47","slug":"daily-losses-from-belarus-internet-shutdown-estimated-at-56m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/daily-losses-from-belarus-internet-shutdown-estimated-at-56m\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily losses from Belarus internet shutdown estimated at $56m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Economic activity lost due to the internet shutdown in Belarus was estimated at more than $56m a day, according to local media citing NetBlocks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ru\">$56,401,874 in economic losses for 1 day of internet shutdown in Belarus (per NetBlocks\u2019 cost estimate)<\/p>\n<p>Well, Belarus is a wealthy country <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/03w587bbcD\">pic.twitter.com\/03w587bbcD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0427\u0430\u0439 \u0437 \u0432\u0430\u0440\u044d\u043d\u043d\u0435\u043c (@belteanews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/belteanews\/status\/1293295138224185350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>These losses are linked to outages affecting banks, car-sharing services, online shops and other services.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/thebell.io\/eksperty-otsenili-poteri-ot-otklyucheniya-interneta-v-belorussii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Bell,<\/a> mass outages in Belarus lasted 61 hours. In that case losses could reach $141m.<\/p>\n<p>80% of internet traffic was knocked out at the IPv6 protocol level, something only two state-owned providers could accomplish, according to the Qrator Labs service. They are Beltelecom and the National Centre for Traffic Exchange (NCTE).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What is happening with the BY internet segment in terms of BGP and IPv4\/IPv6: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/prAd9MdqRi\">https:\/\/t.co\/prAd9MdqRi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J5e4alzGlp\">pic.twitter.com\/J5e4alzGlp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Qrator Labs (@Qrator_Labs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qrator_Labs\/status\/1293184933066768385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The graph below shows spikes in Belarusian network traffic, as recorded by Cloudflare.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What the recent Internet shutdown in Belarus looked like to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cloudflare?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Cloudflare<\/a>. These graphs show traffic for the major networks in Belarus and their varied shutdowns. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qiaw5NRXZ9\">pic.twitter.com\/Qiaw5NRXZ9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Graham-Cumming (@jgrahamc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jgrahamc\/status\/1293588389862801408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Only Telegram managed to break through the blocks relatively successfully. To bypass the blocks, users used the Psiphon service. Read more about this service at the <a href=\"https:\/\/vc.ru\/services\/149641-chto-izvestno-o-psiphon-uzhe-samom-populyarnom-servise-dlya-obhoda-belorusskih-blokirovok-interneta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ru\">\u0412\u0441\u0435\u043c \u0431\u044b \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u043e\u0441\u0435\u0434\u0435\u0439<\/p>\n<p>Psiphon: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KUpwltjsvF\">https:\/\/t.co\/KUpwltjsvF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V6FCCxTMK0\">pic.twitter.com\/V6FCCxTMK0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Internet Protection Society (@safe_runet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/safe_runet\/status\/1293815378431414274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Experts, polled earlier by ForkLog, say that deep packet inspection (DPI) technology was involved, despite the president&#8217;s claim of foreign interference. What or whom he meant remains unclear.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RSzetdrQpA\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ddos-attacks-or-national-internet-isolation-what-is-happening-to-belaruss-internet\">DDoS attacks or isolation of the national segment: what is happening with the internet in Belarus<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cDDoS attacks or isolation of the national segment: what is happening with the internet in Belarus\u201d \u2014 ForkLog\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/exclusive\/ddos-ataki-ili-izolyatsiya-natsionalnogo-segmenta-chto-proishodit-s-internetom-v-belarusi\/embed#?secret=zPodFFG4XB#?secret=RSzetdrQpA\" data-secret=\"RSzetdrQpA\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, more than 500 Belarusian IT-industry representatives <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/over-500-belarusian-it-founders-and-developers-sign-open-letter-against-violence\">urged<\/a> authorities to stop violence against citizens.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We are not experts in politics, but we are experts in the tech business. The country is creating conditions in which the tech industry cannot function. Startups are not born in an atmosphere of fear and violence. Startups are born in an atmosphere of freedom and openness,&#8221; the letter says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For how Belarusian crypto exchanges fared under the shutdown, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/belarusian-bitcoin-exchanges-describe-operations-amid-internet-shutdown\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 all the news, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Economic activity lost due to the internet shutdown in Belarus was estimated at more than $56m per day, according to local media citing NetBlocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1412,239,1445],"class_list":["post-27230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bans-and-restrictions","tag-belarus","tag-internet"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"56","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27231,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27230\/revisions\/27231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}