Libya experienced brief connectivity disruption early Sunday
Libya experienced a brief but significant disruption to internet connectivity early Sunday, August 16. The event lasted approximately seven minutes, beginning at 03:22 UTC and ending at 03:29 UTC. The disruption was characterized by a sharp drop in a key network backscatter measurement.Technical DetailsThe event…
Libya experienced a brief but significant disruption to internet connectivity early Sunday, August 16. The event lasted approximately seven minutes, beginning at 03:22 UTC and ending at 03:29 UTC. The disruption was characterized by a sharp drop in a key network backscatter measurement.
Technical Details
The event registered a severity score of 600. The primary affected signal was the Merit Network Telescope (merit-nt) measurement, which recorded an 82% drop from its peak value. This signal acts as a proxy for aggregate internet connectivity by analyzing unsolicited traffic, or backscatter, across the network.
Other network signals showed less pronounced deviations. The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane, which manages routing announcements, remained stable. Active probing for IPv4 reachability (ping-slash24) showed a minor 9% dip. A separate traffic forecast model (gtr-norm) indicated a 55% deviation from its expected baseline during the observation window from 22:30 UTC on August 15 to 04:30 UTC on August 16.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored following the brief disruption.
