Massive outage in Russia: Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, Skype and other services are down
August 21, 2024
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Users from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan are complaining about problems with Telegram and more than a dozen other services. The largest number of reports of problems reportedly comes
Users from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan are complaining about problems with Telegram and more than a dozen other services. The largest number of reports of problems reportedly comes from Russia. Techno 24.
It is possible to block Telegram
The possible reason for the messenger’s malfunctions is that Telegram is blocked in Russia, the topic of which was raised the day before. The problem is that when you try to use the program using a VPN, everything works.
Users are generally complaining about issues with logging in, downloading files, and sending messages. The issues are intermittent, with some users reporting stable functionality while others are unable to use the app at all.
What else is not working?
In addition to Telegram and Whatsapp, users in Russia also complained about problems accessing Wikipedia, Discord and Skype messengers, as well as the Steam gaming platform and some other applications and sites.
After the failure on the night of August 19, Russians began discussing the local nature of the incident on Internet forums. The outage was experienced mainly by residents of the two largest cities (Moscow and St. Petersburg) and was not observed outside Russia. Today’s incident is of a similar nature and may indicate targeted actions by Russian authorities.
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