Messaging services Telegram and WhatsApp experienced large-scale outages in Russia on Aug 21, 2024, the country's official media regulator Roskomnadzor said. — AFP
MOSCOW: Messaging services Telegram and WhatsApp briefly suffered a major outage in Russia on Aug 21, said the country’s media regulator Roskomnadzor, which blamed a cyberattack.
Users from both platforms reported a spike in server connection issues beginning around 2 pm Moscow time (1100 GMT), according to monitoring websites.
