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Surprised Telegram can't handle and offload these types of DDoS attacks. Akamai does a good job at offloading these for other vendors, and Telegram's one (400Gb/s) wasn't the worst we've seen https://t.co/DBHVkgKg1Q
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) June 13, 2019
"On Tuesday night, as demonstrators gathered near Hong Kong’s legislative building, the authorities arrested the administrator of a Telegram chat group with 20,000 members, even though he was at his home miles from the protest site." https://t.co/5S6c8tIW0W
— Hamza Shaban (@hshaban) June 13, 2019
Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal: how protest tech in #HongKong changed after Occupy https://t.co/QMJI6nGeFd
— SCMP News (@SCMPNews) June 13, 2019
HK protesters have been using Telegram to communicate information such as LegCo update, police violence, safety tips, injuries and locations of supplies quite frequently today but the flow of messages seems to have slowed down a little in the past hour. Is this why? https://t.co/cfXSvqxQ2l
— Aria Hangyu Chen 陳航宇 (@ariahychen) June 12, 2019
IP addresses coming mostly from China. Historically, all state actor-sized DDoS (200-400 Gb/s of junk) we experienced coincided in time with protests in Hong Kong (coordinated on @telegram). This case was not an exception.
— Pavel Durov (@durov) June 12, 2019
I wish I had any insight into what led Hong Kong protesters to choose Telegram for their organizing. https://t.co/bOa9LJYWfs
— Eva (@evacide) June 13, 2019
We’re currently experiencing a powerful DDoS attack, Telegram users in the Americas and some users from other countries may experience connection issues.
— Telegram Messenger (@telegram) June 12, 2019
"Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov confirmed the attack originated from China. “IP addresses coming mostly from China. Historically, all state actor-sized DDoS (200-400 Gb/s of junk) we experienced coincided in time with protests in Hong Kong" https://t.co/wPOlYC1D3I
— Mike Dudas (@mdudas) June 13, 2019
Telegram reports ‘powerful’ cyberattack originating from China amid continued Hong Kong protestshttps://t.co/cQq1lIQfSS
— The Block (@TheBlock__) June 13, 2019
Telegram Hit by Cyber-attack, CEO Points to HK Protests, Chinahttps://t.co/ojI56NloxF#hackers #cybersec #infosec #data #breach #cybercrime #privacy #GDPR #risk #compliance #hacking #malware #PrivateEquity #HedgeFund #VC #finance #investments #business #tech pic.twitter.com/MyUZyHNcSH
— Bob Nicolson (@NicolsonBray) June 13, 2019
Guess I don't need to play Watchdogs when this is happening right now: https://t.co/5xu3yOGoeO
— Anthony Newman (@BadData_) June 13, 2019
Encrypted messaging app @telegram is under sustained DDOS attack, prevailing theory = China, retaliating against #HongKong protesters. “One million strong, leaderless, wireless, and smart as hell,” writes @doctorow of the #612strike movement. ? @sethchiu https://t.co/68FSQH5DMJ pic.twitter.com/rzLn2D6FyT
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) June 13, 2019
Encrypted messaging app @telegram is under sustained DDOS attack, prevailing theory = China, retaliating against #HongKong protesters. “One million strong, leaderless, wireless, and smart as hell,” writes @doctorow of HK #612strike movement. ? @sethchiu https://t.co/68FSQH5DMJ pic.twitter.com/adyMVEwGpM
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) June 13, 2019
Encrypted messaging app @telegram is under sustained DDOS attack, prevailing theory = China, retaliating against #HongKong protesters. “One million strong, leaderless, wireless, and smart as hell,” writes @doctorow of the HK #612strike movement. https://t.co/68FSQH5DMJ pic.twitter.com/rpcb0xhGQZ
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) June 13, 2019
Hong Kong's #612strike protest movement: a million strong, leaderless, wireless and smart as hell https://t.co/KyTfxkDJjq
— MONDO 2000 (@2000_mondo) June 13, 2019
Hong Kong's #612strike protest movement: a million strong, leaderless, wireless and smart as hellhttps://t.co/KeAjr0cVyj pic.twitter.com/LN5QD0TgLq
— Masque of the Red Death (@doctorow) June 13, 2019
Hong Kong's #612strike protest movement: a million strong, leaderless, wireless and smart as hell https://t.co/612KWesbi7
— Dark Matters (@DarkMattersProj) June 13, 2019
Once upon a time riots were suppressed in the streets... Today in instant messaging apps... https://t.co/Mo1vP8HHdD
— Paolo Passeri (@paulsparrows) June 13, 2019
China is Conducting Cyber Attacks Against Telegram Messaging App to Suppress Hong Kong Protests https://t.co/ieMdbipqxj #Cybersecurity #Cyberwarfare #Infosec pic.twitter.com/9rq55ZF1kT
— #AI (@AI__TECH) June 13, 2019
#Telegram suffered #DDoS attack during #HongKong #protestshttps://t.co/wuB7FgsmDn
— Adlice (@AdliceSoftware) June 13, 2019
#Telegram Suffers 'Powerful #DDoS Attack' From #China During #HongKongProtests - https://t.co/qYSuOf8iEN #security #cybersecurity #hackers pic.twitter.com/w1qKOZrT3M
— Vallum Software (@vallumsoftware) June 13, 2019
Telegram CEO says the 'Powerful #DDoS Attack' it suffered yesterday was 'mostly from China,' suggesting that Beijing might have tried to disrupt protests in #HongKonghttps://t.co/EfHOrZpcfH#HongKongProtests #HongKongExtraditionLaw #ChinaWakeUp #TelegramDown pic.twitter.com/1fvmTApRYZ
— Swati Khandelwal (@Swati_THN) June 13, 2019
Telegram boss links cyber attack during HK protests to China https://t.co/6Lwaw7srCh 水曜日、Telegram（香港の抗議行動参加者が抗議行動のために活用している）にDDoS攻撃があり、Telegram創設者は攻撃は中国から行われたと述べた。
— nofrills/共訳書『アメリカ侵略全史』作品社 (@nofrills) June 13, 2019
#Telegram boss links cyber attack during #HongKong protests to #China - attack happened around protests in an apparent bid to disrupt them as protesters used service to co-oridnate actions #NoChinaExtradition via @bbcnews https://t.co/gLNoRZXowh
— Ronan L Tynan (@RonanLTynan) June 13, 2019
"Telegram's founder Pavel Durov has said a massive cyber attack on his messaging service originated from China...it came as protestors in Hong Kong used Telegram to coordinate demonstrations over a plan to allow extradition to China."https://t.co/YgqaOtt4Hb
— Marcel Dirsus (@marceldirsus) June 13, 2019
Telegram blames China for ‘powerful DDoS attack’ during Hong Kong protests https://t.co/isUI0Enr6Z pic.twitter.com/HNmn781tVm
— The Verge (@verge) June 13, 2019
Consider the bravery of the mainly young people fighting the onslaught on democracy in Hong Kong right now: on the legal system via extradition bill, on protest from police tear gas, batons and guns, & here on the infrastructure of protest from China. https://t.co/X6PYqbF5Nh
— Colin McFarlane (@ColinMcFarlane3) June 13, 2019
Telegram founder confirmed that the DDoS attacks were traced to IP addresses in China https://t.co/v6vuLTfaoh https://t.co/31Qn9uOraV
— songboh (@songboh) June 13, 2019
Telegram blames China for ‘powerful DDoS attack’ during Hong Kong protests https://t.co/0WdXTZF8oC
— Mark Dubowitz (@mdubowitz) June 13, 2019
Telegram: Hackers in China Disrupted Service During Hong Kong Protests https://t.co/nl1SDZFc2p my latest for @defenseone
— Patrick Tucker (@DefTechPat) June 13, 2019
메신저 Telegram, DDoS 공격받고 있어. CEO에 따르면 해당 공격은 중국 IP 출처로 국가 규모의 공격이며, 홍콩에서 시위가 조직될 때마다 등장한 패턴이라고 언급. https://t.co/nln4So2wTC
— 나가토 유키 (@nagato708) June 13, 2019
Telegram says it faced a massive DDoS attack originating from China and coinciding with protests in Hong Kong, where organizers used the app to evade surveillance. https://t.co/7NKhAe7o1z via @techcrunch
— JP Mangalindan (@JPManga) June 13, 2019
"The popular encrypted messaging service Telegram is once again being hit with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in Asia as protestors in Hong Kong take to the streets."https://t.co/DqvnnmjGjk cc @nitingokhale
— Amit Paranjape (@aparanjape) June 13, 2019
Telegram says 'whopper' DDoS attack launched mostly from China https://t.co/gJdVhPO2Pi by @ashabeeeee
— ZDNet (@ZDNet) June 13, 2019
DiscordのNINTENDO FUCKKKKKがとても平和なことだと思い知る。
— Shinji Abe 阿部 慎司 (@shinji_abe) June 13, 2019
人々が熱狂して意図せず起こる事と、人々の熱狂を抑えるために意図的に起こされる事。
自由とは。https://t.co/TrDnxya2oz
Telegram says 'whopper' DDoS attack launched mostly from China https://t.co/RotwSxs9Um #Infosec pic.twitter.com/wrhDamk96y
— #AI (@AI__TECH) June 13, 2019
Anonymity is one thing. Decentralisation is another.
— Eric Dadoun (@EDadoun) June 13, 2019
"IP addresses coming mostly from China. Historically, all state actor-sized DDoS we experienced coincided in time with protests in Hong Kong (coordinated on Telegram). This case was not an exception"https://t.co/DDYYepsQrY
Telegram says 'powerful' cyber attack was from China, timed with Hong Kong protests https://t.co/1FmIfLJUHE #tech #news #smallbiz pic.twitter.com/elp8Pny8iF
— TECH|GEEK|REBEL (@TechGeekRebel) June 13, 2019
Telegram hit by massive Chinese #cyberattack during Hong Kong protests. The #encrypted messaging app Telegram experienced a "powerful" DDoS attack causing interruptions.
— GTI Computers Ltd (@GTIComputersLtd) June 13, 2019
The company received "gadzillions of garbage requests."https://t.co/7GULpe4rAA#CyberSecurity|#InfoSec|#DDoS pic.twitter.com/QK86ZEcKMk
Telegram says 'powerful' cyber attack was from China, timed with Hong Kong protests https://t.co/KeQC12x30u pic.twitter.com/yYfpYBmsyC
— FutureShift (@futureshift) June 13, 2019
PSA: Telegram messaging app issues, Chinese state DDOS attack suspected https://t.co/BHbCgjNUCS by @benlovejoy pic.twitter.com/B4RM1m2I7z
— 9to5Google.com (@9to5Google) June 13, 2019
ICYMI: Telegram reports 'powerful' cyberattack originating from China amid continued Hong Kong protestshttps://t.co/cQq1lIQfSS
— The Block (@TheBlock__) June 14, 2019
Durov took to Twitter to hint that Beijing tried to take Telegram offline to disrupt the Hong Kong protests. https://t.co/yxAVoQUKkl via @InfoSecHotSpot pic.twitter.com/d21JzBh2DW
— Sean Harris (@InfoSecHotSpot) June 13, 2019
#Telegram links cyber attack during #hkprotest to #China#TelegramDown #DDoS https://t.co/xlttNLV6pZ
— BoyanBC⏳ (@Boyanbc) June 13, 2019
Telegram blames China for ‘powerful DDoS attack’ during Hong Kong protests https://t.co/vAgkpiEJqE
— Adam Senft (@adam_senft) June 13, 2019
#Cybersecurity Alert: #Telegram is once again being hit with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in Asia. via @TechCrunch https://t.co/3saN2W5DpQ#attack #denialofservice #asia #china #messenger #networksecurity #dmoat pic.twitter.com/tSIInP9ZC4
— d.moat Inc (@dmoat_Inc) June 13, 2019
The popular encrypted messaging service @telegram is once again being hit with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in Asia as protestors in Hong Kong take to the streets.https://t.co/fyGfbotmqA
— AlternativeTo (@AlternativeTo) June 13, 2019
#Telegram says 'whopper' #DDoS attack launched mostly from #China - timing coincided with the Hong Kong extradition law protests organised on the platform https://t.co/sVpqWqNju1 #HongKongProtests #HongKongExtraditionLaw via @ZDNet
— Video Forensics (@Video_Forensics) June 13, 2019
An act of #cyberwar : @telegram says 'powerful’ #DDoS #CyberAttack was from China, timed with Hong Kong protests - https://t.co/hTsoL5PXXo #infosec #CyberSecurity #CyberWarfare #privacy @infosecsw pic.twitter.com/PRLTZa0VHx
— Steve Waterhouse (@Water_Steve) June 14, 2019
No Telegram today, protestors: Chinese boxes DDoS chat app amid Hong Kong protest https://t.co/fNeGCz8AeA #infosec pic.twitter.com/SEPXRaA86o
— #AI (@AI__TECH) June 14, 2019