# Network disruption detected in BY

**Country:** 🇧🇾 Belarus (BY)
**Date:** 2026-01-20
**Type:** Mixed
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** active

## Summary

IODA detected significant connectivity drop. 6 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 70%
- Measurements (stored incident count; not the qualifying evidence count): 7
- Anomaly Rate: 24.4%

## Evidence

- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 75%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1771977600&until=1772064000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Gomel
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 75%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1771977600&until=1772064000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Mogilev
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1771977600&until=1772064000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Brest
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1771977600&until=1772064000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1771977600&until=1772064000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Vitebsk
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1771977600&until=1772064000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Grodno
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1771977600&until=1772064000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Gomel
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1771977600&until=1772064000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Vitebsk
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1771977600&until=1772064000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1771977600&until=1772064000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Grodno
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1771977600&until=1772064000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1771977600&until=1772064000)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for binance.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 20/20 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for nytimes.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 20/20 probes anomalous (100.0%) for pornhub.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 20/20 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 20/20 probes anomalous (100.0%) for psiphon.ca
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for reddit.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for signal.org
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for substack.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for telegram.org
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for theguardian.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tumblr.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 10/10 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for whatsapp.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 20/20 probes anomalous (100.0%) for xvideos.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for youtube.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for binance.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 21/21 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for nytimes.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 22/22 probes anomalous (100.0%) for pornhub.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 21/21 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 21/21 probes anomalous (100.0%) for psiphon.ca
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for reddit.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for signal.org
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for substack.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for telegram.org
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for theguardian.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tumblr.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for whatsapp.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 21/21 probes anomalous (100.0%) for xvideos.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for youtube.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Vitebsk
  - Observed: 2026-02-10
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1770681600&until=1770768000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Vitebsk
  - Observed: 2026-02-09
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1770595200&until=1770681600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-02-06
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1770336000&until=1770422400)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-02-06
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1770336000&until=1770422400)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-01-21
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1768953600&until=1769040000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-01-21
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1768953600&until=1769040000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-01-21
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1768953600&until=1769040000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-01-21
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1768953600&until=1769040000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-01-21
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1768953600&until=1769040000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-01-21
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1768953600&until=1769040000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-01-21
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1768953600&until=1769040000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-01-21
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1768953600&until=1769040000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-01-20
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1768867200&until=1768953600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-01-20
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1768867200&until=1768953600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-01-20
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1768867200&until=1768953600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-01-20
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1768867200&until=1768953600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-01-20
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1768867200&until=1768953600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for City of Minsk
  - Observed: 2026-01-20
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BY?from=1768867200&until=1768953600)

## What we cannot say

- **Who caused it** — measurement data alone does not attribute the interference to any government, ISP, or other actor.
- **Intent** — anomalous or unreachable measurements indicate interference, not a stated motive or a deliberate-vs-incidental determination.
- **Sub-national scope** — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.
- **Independent corroboration** — multiple qualifying evidence source labels do not establish target/time agreement or source independence.

## Data Sources

censoredplanet, ioda

These source labels come from qualifying linked evidence. Historical incident source labels and quarantined observations are excluded; multiple labels alone do not establish independent corroboration.

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Network disruption detected in BY [BY-2026-0003]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/BY-2026-0003

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-11-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: BY-2026-0003*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/BY-2026-0003*