Another US internet backbone provider is shutting down services in Russia
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Lumen, a US firm that provides essential internet services, says it's pulling out of Russia in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine. It's the second major company of its kind to do so in less than a week, following a similar announcement from rival Cogent last Friday, and is the latest example of a digital Iron Curtain' growing between Russia and the West.
In a blog post, Lumen said it was shutting down all business in Russia due to increased security risk" in the country.
We have not yet experienced network disruptions, but given the increasingly uncertain environment and the heightened risk of state action, we took this move to ensure the security of our and our customers' networks, as well as the ongoing integrity of the...