Do Son The Russian Federal Communications Regulatory Agency (Roskomnadzor) began to block the Telegram client on April 13th due to the refusal to submit the user’s encryption key to Russian intelligence agency FSB. Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov subsequently announced that the service will be migrated to Amazon and Google’s cloud servers in order to continue to provide services for users in Russia.
However, this also led to a further ban, Roskomnadzor on April 17 blocked 1.8 million affiliated with Google and Amazon’s cloud service IP addresses, a total of 1,835,008 IP addresses, but currently blocked IP number has been upgraded to 18 million, in When the peak reached 19 million. While blocking the Telegram, it also caused some normal websites using Google and Amazon services to be affected.
It is reported that information push services including Google Search, Gmail, and many Android applications have been affected. A Google spokesperson said: “We are aware of reports that some users in Russia are unable to access some Google products, and are investigating those reports.”
With Google’s statement, Russian regulator Roskomnadzor announced again today the expansion of the IP blockade. At its peak, Roskomnadzor has blocked nearly 19 million IP addresses, including Twitch and Spotify. Many third-party services using Google and Amazon’s cloud services have also been manslaughter.
Ilya Andreev, chief operating officer and co-founder of Vee Security, which provides proxy services that bypass the Russian government, said: “RKN is embarrassingly bad at blocking Telegram, so most people keep using it without any intermediaries.”
Source: TechCrunch
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