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on june 23, reliance communications in india caused a bgp route injection that took telegram offline for users worldwide including in the uae. bgp misconfigurations can propagate globally because the protocol operates on trust between autonomous systems. telegram ceo pavel durov publicly alleged deliberate sabotage, which is a notable escalation — misattributing or correctly identifying intent matters here because the mechanism (rogue bgp) is the same whether accidental or deliberate, but the political implications differ sharply.

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