Wired: Russia Is Taking Over [portions of] Ukraine’s Internet
Sean Donelan
sean at donelan.com
Wed Jun 15 15:17:19 UTC 2022
As always, complicated things are complicated. After Crimea was annexed
by Russia, they learned the importance of controlling the
telecommunications infrastructure. No, Russia did not cut a submarine
cable, because there was no submarine cable connecting Crimea.
In the old days, pre-1960s, invaders & revolutionaries would take over the
capital city AM/shortwave radio station. Now they take over the ISPs and
telecommunications.
Russia Is Taking Over Ukraine’s Internet
In occupied Ukraine, people’s internet is being routed to Russia—and
subjected to its powerful censorship and surveillance machine.
https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-russia-internet-takeover/
[...]
Technical analysis confirms that the connections are switching. Internet
monitoring company Cloudflare has observed KhersonTelecom’s traffic
passing through Miranda Media for more than two weeks in June. Doug
Madory, director of internet analysis at monitoring firm Kentik, has
observed around half a dozen networks in Kherson connecting to the
provider. “It's not a one-time thing,” Madory says. “Every couple of days,
there's another company getting switched over to Russian transit from
Ukraine.”
[...]
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