An Attack on Telegram

How Hackers Attacked Telegram Trading Bot to Steal $500,000 https://beincrypto.com/maestro-refunds-after-attack/ 24 comments 25/10/2023 cryptocurrency

Padding Oracle attack against Telegram Passport https://pequalsnp-team.github.io/writeups/analisys_telegram_passport 16 comments 6/8/2018 crypto

2^64 cryptographic attack on telegram secret chats http://www.alexrad.me/discourse/a-264-attack-on-telegram-and-why-a-super-villain-doesnt-need-it-to-read-your-telegram-chats.html 10 comments 11/1/2015 crypto

How WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram Threaten Privacy: Billions of Users Vulnerable to Privacy Attacks https://www.tu-darmstadt.de/universitaet/aktuelles_meldungen/einzelansicht_271872.en.jsp 4 comments 25/9/2020 privacy

Telegram’s cyber attack against Ukraine has been hidden in plain sight https://thesource.com/2024/12/09/telegrams-cyber-attack-against-ukraine-has-been-hidden-in-plain-sight/ 30 comments 10/12/2024 technology

Kremlin delivers warning to Telegram boss after Moscow terror attack https://www.politico.eu/article/telegram-used-terrorist-purposes-kremlin-russia-dmitry-peskov-pavel-durov/ 49 comments 29/3/2024 worldnews

Telegram group with 3,000 UNRWA teachers praises October 7 attacks https://jpost.com/israel-news/article-781531 3 comments 10/1/2024 worldnews

Ukraine says it successfully attacked Russian vehicles in Kyiv thanks to a Telegram tip https://www.businessinsider.co.za/ukraine-attack-russian-vehicles-kyiv-telegram-tip-2022-3 3 comments 8/3/2022 worldnews

Thousands of protesters in Moscow slam Kremlin's Telegram attack https://au.news.yahoo.com/thousands-moscow-slam-kremlins-telegram-attack-151307467--spt.html 12 comments 30/4/2018 worldnews

Crypto Firms Under Attack as New Telegram Malware Deployed https://coinedition.com/crypto-firms-under-attack-as-new-telegram-malware-deployed/ 16 comments 7/12/2022 cryptocurrency

Apple sued by group insisting it curb Telegram after Capitol attack https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/17/apple-capitol-siege-telegram/ 256 comments 18/1/2021 apple

Apple sued by group insisting it curb Telegram after Capitol attack https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/17/apple-capitol-siege-telegram/ 25 comments 18/1/2021 technology

Telegram’s New Passport Service is Vulnerable to Brute Force Attacks https://virgilsecurity.com/telegram-passport-vulnerability/ 2 comments 2/8/2018 privacy

Telegram founder knew ISIS was using his service before Paris attacks http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/19/telegram-founder-isis-before-paris/ 7 comments 20/11/2015 technews

A 2^64 attack on Telegram [cross-post /r/crypto] http://www.alexrad.me/discourse/a-264-attack-on-telegram-and-why-a-super-villain-doesnt-need-it-to-read-your-telegram-chats.html 26 comments 11/1/2015 netsec

Russian officials target Telegram over Moscow concert hall attack. https://en.thebell.io/russian-officials-target-telegram-over-moscow-concert-hall-attack/ 3 comments 4/4/2024 europe

Ukraine says it successfully attacked Russian vehicles in Kyiv thanks to a Telegram tip: 'Fiery greetings to the invaders' https://www.businessinsider.nl/ukraine-says-it-successfully-attacked-russian-vehicles-in-kyiv-thanks-to-a-telegram-tip/ 4 comments 8/3/2022 worldnews

Shielder - Hunting for bugs in Telegram's animated stickers remote attack surface https://www.shielder.it/blog/2021/02/hunting-for-bugs-in-telegrams-animated-stickers-remote-attack-surface/ 10 comments 16/2/2021 netsec

Apple sued in federal court by group insisting it curb Telegram after Capitol attack https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/17/apple-capitol-siege-telegram/ 3 comments 18/1/2021 technology

Telegram founder claims DDoS attack was timed to disrupt Hong Kong protests https://techerati.com/news-hub/telegram-founder-claims-ddos-attack-was-timed-to-disrupt-hong-kong-protests/ 49 comments 13/6/2019 privacy

Telegram Traces Massive Cyber Attack to China During Hong Kong Protests https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-13/telegram-traces-cyber-attack-to-china-amid-hong-kong-protests 4 comments 13/6/2019 worldnews

Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal open to side-channel attacks https://www.itnews.com.au/news/telegram-whatsapp-and-signal-open-to-side-channel-attacks-516744 11 comments 11/12/2018 privacy

French police interceptor Telegram messages to foil ricin terror attack in France. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/18/french-police-foil-ricin-terror-plot-arrest-egyptian-brothers/ 3 comments 20/5/2018 technology

“Solana went down again at two o'clock in the morning (UTC+8) on January 4th. According to users of the official Telegram community, the attacker is suspected of using spam to conduct a DDoS attack.” https://twitter.com/wublockchain/status/1478164890682462211?s=21 56 comments 4/1/2022 btc

Beware: Crypto Wallets Attacked by Echelon Malware Through Telegram! Disable auto-downloading in Telegram settings right now! https://elevenews.com/2021/12/26/bewarecrypto-wallets-attacked-by-echelon-malware-through-telegram/ 33 comments 27/12/2021 cryptocurrency

As Hong Kong protesters switch to Telegram to protect identities, China launches massive cyber attack against it. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/mobile/chinese-cyberattack-hits-telegram-app-during-hong-kong-protest-n1017491 1423 comments 16/6/2019 technology

Many Hong Kong people used Telegram to communicate during protests against extradition to China bill. Telegram's founder Pavel Durov has said a massive cyber attack on his messaging service originated from China. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48619804 35 comments 16/6/2019 worldnews

Telegram's founder Pavel Durov has said a massive cyber attack on his messaging service originated from China. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48619804 3 comments 16/6/2019 worldnews

Telegram DDoS Attack Coincided With Hong Kong Protests, IP Addresses from China - CoinSpice https://coinspice.io/news/telegram-ddos-attack-coincided-with-hong-kong-protests-ip-addresses-from-china/ 32 comments 13/6/2019 btc

Telegram founder links power DDoS attack to China during Hong Kong protest https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48619804 197 comments 13/6/2019 worldnews

'WhatsApp will never be safe': Telegram boss attacks Facebook-owned messaging app https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/whatsapp-privacy-telegram-alternative-messaging-app-pavel-durov-a8916326.html?utm_source=reddit.com 9 comments 20/5/2019 worldnews

'WhatsApp will never be safe': Telegram boss attacks Facebook-owned messaging app https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/whatsapp-privacy-telegram-alternative-messaging-app-pavel-durov-a8916326.html 23 comments 19/5/2019 degoogle

What you see is not what you get: when homographs attack (full-chain homograph attack in Signal, Telegram and Tor Browser) https://wildfire.blazeinfosec.com/what-you-see-is-not-what-you-get-when-homographs-attack/ 3 comments 1/4/2019 netsec

in(Secure) messaging apps — How side-channel attacks can compromise privacy in WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/12/secureim.html 4 comments 10/12/2018 signal

The leader of the Islamic State jihadist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on Muslims to wage "jihad" in a purported new audio recording released on Wednesday. He also called for attacks in the West in the Telegram message on Eid al-Adha https://www.france24.com/en/20180823-chief-baghdadi-urges-jihad-purported-new-recording 5 comments 23/8/2018 worldnews

Worth noting that only source for reports of two gay men being attacked at WorldCup in St Petersburg is an anonymous&unverified Telegram channel. French&British embassies say they have heard nothing. Yet the story has made it all the way to the pages of Sports Illustrated + r/soccer front page with https://twitter.com/jc_stubbs/status/1007579569329770497 391 comments 15/6/2018 soccer

ISIS calls for sick attack on Prince George at school in chilling Telegram messages https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/655873/kate-middleton-news-isis-threatens-prince-george-royal-family-terror-school-battersea 5 comments 29/10/2017 worldnews

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