Mexico experienced a brief but significant internet connectivity disruption in the early hours of August 23. The event lasted approximately 40 minutes, beginning at 01:10 UTC and concluding by 01:50 UTC. The primary impact was observed in the reachability of the country’s IPv4 address space.
Technical Details
The disruption recorded a severity score of 823. The most affected metric was the ping-slash24 signal, which measures the reachability of active IPv4 network blocks via ICMP probes. This signal showed a 29% drop from its peak value during the event. Other network health indicators, including traffic volume forecasts and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing announcements, showed minimal to no deviation from normal baselines.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
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