{"id":27338,"date":"2020-08-17T12:25:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T09:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=27338"},"modified":"2025-08-26T20:09:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T17:09:52","slug":"another-internet-outage-recorded-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/another-internet-outage-recorded-in-belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"Another internet outage recorded in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, August 17, internet in Belarus was again completely down. The issue lasted for several minutes.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Confirmed: Nation-scale internet disruption currently registered in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Belarus?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Belarus<\/a> affecting almost all networks in the country; incident duration ~15 minutes, with signs of some ongoing impact \ud83d\udcc9<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 Background: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JcBhvhgVcR\">https:\/\/t.co\/JcBhvhgVcR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QXVTANRwu2\">pic.twitter.com\/QXVTANRwu2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NetBlocks.org (@netblocks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netblocks\/status\/1295284932575731712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reports were corroborated by local Telegram channels.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?11\" data-telegram-post=\"nexta_live\/8580\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As of writing, connectivity was starting to recover, although outages continue to be reported.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?11\" data-telegram-post=\"tutby_official\/11246\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internet problems in Belarus <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ddos-attacks-or-national-internet-isolation-what-is-happening-to-belaruss-internet\">began<\/a> amid the presidential elections and the protests that followed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>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 \u201cthe country is forming conditions in which technological business cannot operate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Belarusian bitcoin exchanges <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/belarusian-bitcoin-exchanges-describe-operations-amid-internet-shutdown\">told<\/a> ForkLog that they were able to minimize the risks from the internet shutdown.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experts at ForkLog explained how to circumvent blocks and in which cases this is not possible, ForkLog <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/in-the-wake-of-belaruss-internet-shutdown-how-to-bypass-blocks-and-when-it-becomes-impossible\">told<\/a> their insights. <\/span><\/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>On Monday, August 17, internet in Belarus was completely down again. 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