Tunisia experienced a brief, moderate degradation in internet connectivity in the early hours of August 23. The disruption began at 00:00 UTC and lasted approximately 30 minutes, with the primary impact observed in active network reachability measurements.
Technical Details
The event registered a severity score of 604. The ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 network prefixes, showed a 2% drop from its peak during the observation period. Other key network health indicators, including Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane visibility and backscatter traffic measurements, showed minimal deviation from normal baselines throughout the event window.
The cause has not been publicly attributed. Connectivity was reported restored by 00:30 UTC.
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