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SHAHRIAR
Forward from: Pavel Durov
⚠️ Indian telecom Reliance is sabotaging access to Telegram for millions of users OUTSIDE India (including the UAE) via a rogue method called BGP hijacking.
🧨 The sabotage seems intentional, as Reliance has ignored multiple reports.
😞 This may be part of a competitive war, as Reliance is partially owned by Meta — the company behind WhatsApp.
🌐 Network operators are advised to reject unauthorized BGP announcements from Reliance (AS18101) to prevent route hijacks and ensure stable Internet access for their users.
🤔 Such abuse of global Internet routing is suspicous. I wouldn’t be surprised if Reliance/WhatsApp were also behind the recent lobbying effort to ban Telegram in India.
🔄 UPDATE: 4 hours after this post, Reliance had to stop the malicious routing. Thanks for the public support, everyone! 🙏
🧨 The sabotage seems intentional, as Reliance has ignored multiple reports.
😞 This may be part of a competitive war, as Reliance is partially owned by Meta — the company behind WhatsApp.
🌐 Network operators are advised to reject unauthorized BGP announcements from Reliance (AS18101) to prevent route hijacks and ensure stable Internet access for their users.
🤔 Such abuse of global Internet routing is suspicous. I wouldn’t be surprised if Reliance/WhatsApp were also behind the recent lobbying effort to ban Telegram in India.
🔄 UPDATE: 4 hours after this post, Reliance had to stop the malicious routing. Thanks for the public support, everyone! 🙏