04.12.2012 - 11:08 [ techdirt ]

How Did Syria Turn Off The Internet… And What Other Countries Can Just Hit The Off Switch Like That?

After the internet was almost entirely cut off in Syria last week, it came back over the weekend, and people are still puzzling through exactly what happened. The government keeps trying to blame others, such as attacks by those fighting against government forces. However, an analysis by Cloudflare has made it clear that it‘s almost certain that the government was behind the shut down: