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Telegram messaging app suffers widespread outages Telegram messaging app suffers widespread outages
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The Russian-built Telegram messaging app is suffering a widespread outage with users across numerous countries reporting issues accessing the platform. The Russian-built Telegram messaging app suffered a widespread outage on Wednesday with users across numerous countries reporting issues accessing the platform for approximately one hour.
According to Downdetector, which provides real time information about the status of websites, reports of problems with the app flooded in from across Europe, Russia and parts of Asia.According to Downdetector, which provides real time information about the status of websites, reports of problems with the app flooded in from across Europe, Russia and parts of Asia.
The problems began appearing at around 1pm GMT. Downdetector stats show that 66 percent of the complaints relate to problems with the server connection, 30 percent of reports highlighted issues sending or receiving messages and 3 percent of complainants said they had trouble logging into the app. The problems began appearing at around 1pm GMT and lasted for around an hour.
Telegram has yet to comment on the cause of the issues. Downdetector stats showed that 66 percent of the complaints related to problems with the server connection, 30 percent of reports highlighted issues sending or receiving messages and 3 percent of complainants said they had trouble logging into the app.
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