Due to the previously announced raffle for premium subscriptions, there may be a wave of attacks on the confidential data of Telegram messaging users. Irina Zinovkina, head of the Positive Technologies research group, warned about this in an interview. RIA News.
He said that premium subscription giveaways on Messenger will lead to the action of fraudsters who pretend to be the organizer of the contest, committing money fraud and stealing citizens’ personal data.
Shortly before that, the creator of the VKontakte social network and the founder of the Telegram company Pavel Durov announced Withdrawal of 10 thousand Telegram Premium subscriptions worth 200 thousand dollars (about 18.5 million rubles at the exchange rate as of November 7, 2023). The distribution of 10 thousand Telegram Premium subscriptions was timed to coincide with the release of a built-in tool for drawing in the messenger. The results of the event organized by Durov will be summarized on November 13 at 19.00. Each subscription has a validity period of six months.
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