Telegram Hit by Widespread Outage

The messaging app Telegram, which accepts crypto, is going through severe disruptions, and many users are having trouble accessing the messenger’s content.

Starting at approximately 10:30 am UTC on October 3, Telegram has been experiencing significant disruptions across multiple nations.

Data from Downdetector indicates that beginning on October 3 at about 10:30 am UTC, hundreds of the app users reported problems with the server connection.

The most common complaints concerned the app’s connection troubles and difficulties sending and receiving messages.

Absence. According to a report on X, Telegram has not been operational since 10:22 am. The connectivity issue reportedly impacted users from countries like Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Kazakhstan, Russia, the Netherlands, and Germany.

The most recent disruptions, as reported by Downdetector, came after a lesser outage that was noticed on October 2.

The interruptions coincided with Telegram CEO Pavel Durov‘s suggestion on October 2 that the messenger has been giving law enforcement access to offenders’ IP addresses since 2018.

The CEO is presently the subject of a French inquiry; on August 28, French authorities indicted Durov on six counts of improper activities on the messaging app.