Forced offline: the Q3 2024 Internet disruption summary

Cloudflare’s Q3 2024 Internet Disruption Summary details widespread connectivity outages worldwide, using Radar traffic and BGP announcements to show impacts from government-imposed shutdowns (Bangladesh, Iraq, Syria, Mauritania), infrastructure cuts and failures (ACE cable in Liberia, fiber cuts in Cameroon/Niger/Kyrgyzstan), severe weather and hurricanes (Beryl, Ernesto, Helene across the Caribbean and U.S.), power outages (Venezuela, Kenya, Ecuador, Senegal), conflict-related incidents (Gaza, Beirut), fires/maintenance, and operator issues (Verizon U.S. outage), highlighting affected ASNs, timing, and recovery patterns rather than traditional cyber threat activity.