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Confirmed: network disruption in South Korea

South Korea · February 28, 2026 · Ongoing

IODA detected significant connectivity drop. 6 critical alerts recorded.

Evidence

85%
Anomaly Rate
6
Measurements
70%
Confidence

What This Means

85% of 6 network tests from South Korea failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 82+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.

How We Detected This

Data Sourceioda
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score70% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeFebruary 28, 2026

Corroborating Evidence (6)

Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.

IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis6 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Incheon"IODA report
Signal value: 0.79
Feb 28, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Gyeonggi"IODA report
Signal value: 0.82
Feb 28, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Seoul"IODA report
Signal value: 0.77
Feb 28, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for South Gyeongsang"IODA report
Signal value: 0.96
Feb 28, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for South Jeolla"IODA report
Signal value: 0.85
Feb 28, 2026
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+ 1 more IODA records

What we cannot say

  • Who caused it — measurement data alone does not attribute this to any government, ISP, or other actor.
  • Intent — anomalous or unreachable measurements indicate interference, not a stated motive or a deliberate-vs-incidental determination.
  • Which networks — no specific ASN/ISP is identified for this incident.
  • The mechanism — we cannot state whether this was DNS tampering, TLS/SNI reset, an HTTP blockpage, throttling, or an infrastructure outage.
  • A confirmed duration — we report the observation window, not a verified start/stop of any block.
  • Sub-national scope — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.
  • Independent corroboration — this rests on a single source; treat it as a single-source signal, not a multi-source confirmation.

Cite This Incident

Voidly Research. (2026). Confirmed: network disruption in South Korea [KR-2026-0001]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/KR-2026-0001

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