SEV3 — ElevatedCLOSEDInfrastructureONGOINGUnverified49d ago
Multiple Infrastructure Outages Across Iran, Iraq, and India
Significant infrastructure disruptions are occurring across multiple regions including internet shutdowns in Iran amid military actions, internet outages in Iraq, and power grid failures affecting Gurugram metro operations in India. While the Gurugram incident could impact local BPO operations given the region's high concentration of contact centers, the broader pattern suggests regional infrastructure vulnerabilities during current geopolitical tensions. Operations teams should monitor for potential spillover effects to major BPO hubs.
Impact Summary
Significant infrastructure disruptions are occurring across multiple regions including internet shutdowns in Iran amid military actions, internet outages in Iraq, and power grid failures affecting Gurugram metro operations in India. While the Gurugram incident could impact local BPO operations given the region's high concentration of contact centers, the broader pattern suggests regional infrastructure vulnerabilities during current geopolitical tensions. Operations teams should monitor for potential spillover effects to major BPO hubs.
Domain
Infrastructure
Region
Iran, Indonesia
Opened By
watchkeeper
May 23, 2026, 01:30 PM UTC
Validated By
auto
May 23, 2026, 01:30 PM UTC
Event Cluster
52 events
OVIX Score
9.0
Closed
master(master-relevance-cleanup)
Jun 2, 2026, 03:33 PM UTC
Timeline19
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Incident openedby watchkeeperMay 23, 2026, 01:30 PM UTC
Declared from 3 signals. OVIX 9. News 2. BPO 0. High-confidence (auto).
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Severity validatedby autoMay 23, 2026, 01:30 PM UTC
Auto-validated: SEV3 per policy.
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Note addedby watchkeeperMay 23, 2026, 07:30 PM UTC
Merged new cluster (2 signals, OVIX 9) — same domain/region, >=3 shared title words, active <24h.
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Note addedby watchkeeperMay 23, 2026, 08:00 PM UTC
Merged new cluster (2 signals, OVIX 9) — same domain/region, >=3 shared title words, active <24h.
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Note addedby watchkeeperMay 24, 2026, 01:30 AM UTC
Merged new cluster (2 signals, OVIX 9) — same domain/region, >=3 shared title words, active <24h.
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Note addedby watchkeeperMay 24, 2026, 02:00 AM UTC
Merged new cluster (2 signals, OVIX 9) — same domain/region, >=3 shared title words, active <24h.
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Note addedby watchkeeperMay 24, 2026, 07:30 AM UTC
Merged new cluster (2 signals, OVIX 9) — same domain/region, >=3 shared title words, active <24h.
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Note addedby watchkeeperMay 24, 2026, 08:00 AM UTC
Merged new cluster (2 signals, OVIX 9) — same domain/region, >=3 shared title words, active <24h.
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Note addedby watchkeeperMay 24, 2026, 02:00 PM UTC
Merged new cluster (2 signals, OVIX 9) — same domain/region, >=3 shared title words, active <24h.
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Note addedby watchkeeperMay 24, 2026, 08:00 PM UTC
Merged new cluster (2 signals, OVIX 9) — same domain/region, >=3 shared title words, active <24h.
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Note addedby watchkeeperMay 24, 2026, 08:30 PM UTC
Merged new cluster (2 signals, OVIX 9) — same domain/region, >=3 shared title words, active <24h.
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Revalidatedby watchkeeperMay 25, 2026, 01:30 PM UTC
Revalidated: no new activity. Next reval in 48h.
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Note addedby watchkeeperMay 26, 2026, 02:00 AM UTC
Merged new cluster (3 signals, OVIX 9) — same domain/region, >=3 shared title words, active <24h.
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Note addedby watchkeeperMay 26, 2026, 02:30 AM UTC
Merged new cluster (3 signals, OVIX 9) — same domain/region, >=3 shared title words, active <24h.
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Revalidatedby watchkeeperMay 27, 2026, 01:30 PM UTC
Revalidated: 1 new related signal(s). Next reval in 48h.
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Revalidatedby watchkeeperMay 29, 2026, 01:31 PM UTC
Revalidated: no new activity. Next reval in 48h.
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Note addedby watchkeeperMay 31, 2026, 02:00 PM UTC
Flagged persistent: >7d of continuous activity. Switching to weekly revalidation.
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Revalidatedby watchkeeperMay 31, 2026, 02:00 PM UTC
Revalidated: no new activity. Next reval in 168h.
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Incident closedby masterJun 2, 2026, 03:33 PM UTC
Bulk-closed in master-relevance-cleanup (2026-06-02): rebuilding incident board clean per INCIDENT-RELEVANCE-SPEC. Most open incidents were non-WFM cyber CVE noise or No-BPO-Impact weather. Fixed Watchkeeper/scout will re-declare only genuinely relevant incidents.
Evidence / Why this?
Traced to source — read-onlyEvidence is not yet available for this incident. Older incidents predate the traceability layer; newly declared incidents will show why they were declared, why their severity was set, geo provenance, and their sources here.
Related Signals20
[IQ] infrastructure 7.0 — Internet outage detected: Iraqsentinel39d ago[IR] infrastructure 9.0 — Internet outage: IR — Iran Internet shutdown amid military actionssentinel39d ago[IQ] infrastructure 7.0 — Internet outage detected: Iraqsentinel39d ago[IR] infrastructure 9.0 — Internet outage: IR — Iran Internet shutdown amid military actionssentinel39d ago[IR] infrastructure 9.0 — Internet outage: IR — Iran Internet shutdown amid military actionssentinel39d ago[IR] infrastructure 9.0 — Internet outage: IR — Iran Internet shutdown amid military actionssentinel40d ago[IR] infrastructure 9.0 — Internet outage: IR — Iran Internet shutdown amid military actionssentinel40d ago[IR] infrastructure 9.0 — Internet outage: IR — Iran Internet shutdown amid military actionssentinel40d ago[IR] infrastructure 9.0 — Internet outage: IR — Iran Internet shutdown amid military actionssentinel40d ago[IR] infrastructure 9.0 — Internet outage: IR — Iran Internet shutdown amid military actionssentinel41d ago[IR] infrastructure 9.0 — Internet outage: IR — Iran Internet shutdown amid military actionssentinel41d ago[IR] infrastructure 9.0 — Internet outage: IR — Iran Internet shutdown amid military actionssentinel41d ago[IQ] infrastructure 7.0 — Internet outage detected: Iraqsentinel41d ago[IR] infrastructure 9.0 — Internet outage: IR — Iran Internet shutdown amid military actionssentinel41d ago[IR] infrastructure 9.0 — Internet outage: IR — Iran Internet shutdown amid military actionssentinel42d ago[IQ] infrastructure 7.0 — Internet outage detected: Iraqsentinel42d ago[IR] infrastructure 9.0 — Internet outage: IR — Iran Internet shutdown amid military actionssentinel42d ago[IQ] infrastructure 7.0 — Internet outage detected: Iraqsentinel42d ago[IR] infrastructure 9.0 — Internet outage: IR — Iran Internet shutdown amid military actionssentinel42d ago[IQ] infrastructure 7.0 — Internet outage detected: Iraqsentinel42d ago
Affected Regions
IRGurgaonIQ