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Iran Cut Off 90 Million People From the Internet. Its Own Spies Kept Working.

John Z Black Apr 12, 2026

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Iran's internet blackout hit 1,055 hours, the second-longest national shutdown on record. The detail that makes this a security story: Iranian intelligence services ran active cyber operations throughout, using foreign-hosted infrastructure the blackout doesn't touch.