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Syria back online after 20-hour outage, 'cable malfunction' to blame?

Syria back online after 20-hour outage,
  • Posted May 8, 2013, 1:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web
  • Last night, for the second time in roughly six months, the people of Syria saw their online ties to the outside world completely severed across the nation. Umbrella Security Labs, the threat research division of OpenDNS first reported the drop…

Syrian Internet outage persists, Speak2Tweet allows phone tweets

Syrian Internet outage persists, Speak2Tweet allows phone tweets
  • Posted November 30, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • It appears Syria's recent and continued Internet outage has rekindled public interest in Google's Speak2Tweet service. Speak2Tweet allows individuals without Internet access to use Twitter by calling a voicemail system. The audio messages left behind are then made publicly available on…

Syria pulls the plug, Internet traffic comes to a halt

Syria pulls the plug, Internet traffic comes to a halt
  • Posted November 29, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Syria's tether to the digital world appears to have been severed, cutting off Internet access to and from the country entirely. In addition to an apparent Internet blackout, Syrians may also be facing isolated landline and cellular phone service disruptions according…

Anonymous hacks Syrian President's email, reveals weak password

Anonymous hacks Syrian President
  • Posted February 8, 2012, 8:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in IT Security
  • Embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad who is facing increased pressure from world leaders to step down faces more embarrassment, this time from the tech community after online hacktivist group Anonymous...

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