# Internet connectivity disruption in Iraq

**Country:** 🇮🇶 Iraq (IQ)
**Date:** 2026-07-08
**Type:** Mixed
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** active

## Summary

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Iraq. 3 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 67%
- Measurements (stored incident count; not the qualifying evidence count): 3
- Anomaly Rate: 2.3%

## Evidence

- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Al-Anbar
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ?from=1783468800&until=1783555200)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Maysan
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ?from=1783468800&until=1783555200)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for As-Sulaymaniyah
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ?from=1783468800&until=1783555200)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)

## 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). Internet connectivity disruption in Iraq [IQ-2026-0261]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/IQ-2026-0261

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-10-23*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: IQ-2026-0261*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/IQ-2026-0261*