“Russian trace” found in Facebook crash
The specialists involved in routing the Facebook data center, including two Russians, Pyotr Lapukhov and Alexey Andreev, may be involved in the global failure of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
This was reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent and written by Moskovsky Komsomolets.

“These names are mentioned in the study of the international group “Launching the Border Gateway Protocol in Large Data Centers.” "This is the first study of its kind to detail Facebook's data center operations and routing patterns based on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).

At the same time, Pyotr Lapukhov (pictured) is described by his colleagues as a specialist of the highest class - he is called an “industry legend.”
As PolitNavigator reported, the Facebook outage became "Durov's benefit performance."
Russian Trace Found in Facebook Outage