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Telegram founder accuses Meta of sabotaging access in India with BGP hijacks

Allegations of fake routes are fake news, says Indian telco Jio

The founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has suggested Meta might be using its investment in Indian telco Jio to sabotage the messaging service.

Durov dropped his theory on X, writing: "Indian 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. Because routers share info with each other using the border gateway protocol (BGP), fake announcements can quickly propagate across the internet. When that happens, netizens can struggle to reach online services.

Durov alleged that Reliance's mobile carrier, Jio, had used BGP hijacking to disrupt access to Telegram.

"The sabotage seems intentional, as Reliance has ignored multiple reports," he wrote. "This may be part of a competitive war,...

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