Large-scale fiber optic communication outage
Multiple subsea fiber optic cables in the Red Sea suffered simultaneous cuts on September 6, 2025, disrupting global internet and communications traffic. The incident began at 05:45 UTC and has forced operators to reroute traffic between Asia, the Middle East, and Europe over. The Internet Outages Map is an at-a-glance visualization of global Internet health over the last 24 hours, tracking Internet outages across ISPs, top application providers, public clouds, and edge service networks. Thousands were left unable to call for help as backup lines failed under overwhelming demand in multiple cities. It can occur due to censorship, cyberattacks, disasters, police or security services actions, or errors.
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