The Authorities of Kazakhstan Against the background of the riots broke out in the country, tried to point to clearly block access to the Internet using DPI equipment (Deep Packet Inspection), which is used in Russia within the framework of the Sustainable Internet Act. It is reported by Forbes with reference to sources familiar with the situation.
It is noted that this information was confirmed by the technical director of Roscomsvoboda Stanislav Shakirov. “With DPI, local authorities tried to block messengers and VPN protocols,” he told. However, it was not possible to restrict access to the Internet with this technology – the largest operator of the country “Kazakhtelecom” acquired the appropriate equipment for collecting analytics and prioritize traffic. The source of the publication explained that it turned out to be “not sharpened” under blocking. As a result, the authorities were forced to disable the network “practically hand”.
According to the interlocutor of the publication in the Kcell operator, the National Security Committee (CNB) is engaged in blockages in Kazakhstan, and the participation of operators is not required – Kazakhstani security forces can independently limit their work. After normalizing the situation, the CNB decides where you can restore access to the network.
As a result of the locks, the Kcell operator’s losses are estimated at a billion tenge (over 172 million rubles), “Kazakhtelecom” damage is still to evaluate. Previously, the Top10VPN portal reported that the damage to the economy of Kazakhstan due to the internet disconnection amounted to $ 189 million.
On January 2, protests began in Kazakhstani cities due to the increase in gas prices for cars from 60 to 120 tenge. Later, they turned into disorders with the requirements of the first president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev from politics, holding new elections and the dissolution of parliament. The most significant collisions occurred in the former capital of Alma-Ata.
A law on sustainable Internet in Russia began to act from November 1, 2019. The authors of the initiative are Senators Andrei Clishas and Lyudmila Bokova, as well as the State Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoy. She became a response to the US National Cybersecurity Strategy. In it, Russia was called among countries that organize kiberatas.