On the night of December 1, a massive failure occurred in the Viber messenger. Users in Russia are complaining about issues with both the mobile and desktop versions of the app.
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Complaints, according to the Downdetector.su website, began to arrive at approximately 00:45 Moscow time. The peak of requests occurred at 09:00 Moscow time, when 1,134 people reported problems and network failures reached 94.4%.
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As of 11:00 Moscow time, the problems continue: network failures exceed 96%, and users from the European and Asian parts of Russia leave more than 2 thousand complaints per hour.
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In addition, more than 2.3 thousand users of the “Sboy.RF” portal have already reported problems with Viber. Problems were recorded in 20 regions of the Russian Federation.
On October 21, the Russians also reported a malfunction in Viber. Users reported issues loading the app and sending messages.
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Akhmed Sadulayev
Source: RB

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