# Internet connectivity disruption in Malaysia

**Country:** 🇲🇾 Malaysia (MY)
**Date:** 2026-10-18
**Type:** Mixed
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** active

## Summary

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Malaysia. 15 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 75%
- Measurements (stored incident count; not the qualifying evidence count): 15
- Anomaly Rate: 76.5%

## Evidence

- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Labuan
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 77%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/MY?from=1792281600&until=1792368000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Putrajaya
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/MY?from=1792281600&until=1792368000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Kuala Lumpur
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/MY?from=1792281600&until=1792368000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Sarawak
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/MY?from=1792281600&until=1792368000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Sabah
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 77%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/MY?from=1792281600&until=1792368000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Trengganu
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/MY?from=1792281600&until=1792368000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Selangor
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/MY?from=1792281600&until=1792368000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Pahang
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/MY?from=1792281600&until=1792368000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Negeri Sembilan
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/MY?from=1792281600&until=1792368000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Melaka
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/MY?from=1792281600&until=1792368000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Kelantan
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/MY?from=1792281600&until=1792368000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Johor
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/MY?from=1792281600&until=1792368000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Kedah
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/MY?from=1792281600&until=1792368000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Pulau Pinang
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/MY?from=1792281600&until=1792368000)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Perak
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/MY?from=1792281600&until=1792368000)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chat.openai.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chatgpt.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for claude.ai
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 12/12 probes anomalous (100.0%) for gemini.google.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 15/15 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 12/12 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 12/12 probes anomalous (100.0%) for huggingface.co
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for nytimes.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for openai.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 14/14 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 14/14 probes anomalous (100.0%) for psiphon.ca
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for reddit.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for signal.org
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for substack.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for telegram.org
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 12/12 probes anomalous (100.0%) for theguardian.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 16/16 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 12/12 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tumblr.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for whatsapp.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for youtube.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-18
  - 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.
- **Which networks** — no specific ASN/ISP is identified for this incident.
- **The mechanism** — we cannot state whether this was DNS tampering, TLS/SNI reset, HTTP blockpage, throttling, or an infrastructure outage.
- **A confirmed duration** — we report the observation window, not a verified start/stop of any block.
- **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 Malaysia [MY-2026-0237]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/MY-2026-0237

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-10-19*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: MY-2026-0237*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/MY-2026-0237*