Telegram founder Durov accuses Meta and Reliance Jio of BGP hijacking to disrupt service
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Simon Sharwood
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov has accused Meta of potentially using its investment in Indian telecom Reliance Jio to sabotage Telegram's services through BGP hijacking. Durov claims that Reliance is disrupting access to Telegram for millions of users outside India, including in the UAE, by publishing inaccurate routing announcements that misdirect traffic. The Indian telco Jio has dismissed these allegations as fake news.
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bskyTelegram founder Durov accuses Meta and Reliance Jio of BGP hijacking to disrupt servicetheregister.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledIndian telecom Reliance is sabotaging access to Telegram for millions of users OUTSIDE India (including the UAE) via a rogue method called BGP hijacking.
Such attacks see miscreants publish inaccurate routing announcements that associate a service with the wrong IP address.
Allegations of fake routes are fake news, says Indian telco Jio
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