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Telegram new content surveillance policy and Cyber Attack on South Korea Defense
Telegram to Cooperate with Law Enforcement on User Data Requests Telegram, once a preferred communication platform for cybercriminals due to its lack of content moderation or monitoring, is set to change its stance. In a move to comply with legal requirements, the messaging service has announced that it will begin cooperating with law enforcement agencies […]
Is Telegram safer than WhatsApp when it comes to Data Security
These days, online users are increasingly seeking messaging applications that provide end-to-end encryption, allowing them to communicate without the prying eyes of governments and other interested parties. This feature has become a significant selling point for major companies like WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram. WhatsApp, owned by Meta (formerly Facebook), proudly offers end-to-end encryption by default […]
Telegram and WhatsApp suffer downtime in Russia due to DDoS
In recent years, when a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack targeted a business or federal entity in Western countries, Russia, China, and North Korea were often the prime suspects. However, the situation has recently shifted. Today, around 2 PM Moscow time (approximately 10:50 GMT), both WhatsApp and Telegram experienced significant outages in Russia due […]
Ukraine now faces cyber threats through Telegram messages
For the past three days, a group of government officials from Ukraine are getting telegram alerts urging them to look at the security of their respective accounts, as some unlawful login into their accounts was being noticed by Russia. Highly placed sources state that the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection (SSSCIP) of […]
Telegram becomes a hub for hackers buying stolen data
Next time you find your corporate database breached, just be sure that the siphoned data might already been traded on a Telegram platform. Yes, this news was confirmed by Cyber Intelligence Group named Cyberint that discovered that a large set of hacking groups were super-active in sharing data on the messaging platform, sometimes on broadcasted […]
Telegram offers fix to its non encrypted chat vulnerability
Telegram made it official that it has offered a security fix to non-encrypted chats that were previously vulnerable to cyber attacks through manipulated bots. The chat services provider announced that the fix will be rolled in an automated manner and expects to put an end to all media speculations that its ‘Secret Chat’ feature that […]
DDoS attack disrupts Telegram services in America
Telegram, a popular cloud-based messaging app which stands second after Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reported to have fallen victim to a distributed denial of service(DDoS) attack early today. News is out that many of the telegram users from different countries apart from America might observe connection issues until early tomorrow i.e June 13. The multimedia sharing […]
Telegram Passport number addition surges data privacy concerns
Britain’s messaging app Telegram has added a new feature onto its platform which allows users to store their identity documents such as Passport Numbers or social security numbers on telegram’s encrypted cloud storage. The objective of this feature is to allow users to showcase their identity documents to Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrency exchange […]
