Teens arrested by Dutch police reportedly suspected of spying for Russia - DataBreaches.Net
Two 17-year-old Dutch teenagers were allegedly recruited via Telegram by pro‑Russian hackers to carry a wifi-sniffer past key Hague institutions and embassies.
'I Was a Weird Kid': Jailhouse Confessions of a Teen Hacker - DataBreaches.Net
Cybercriminals used violent-looking kidnapping videos in Telegram chats to extort cryptocurrency-related associates, coercing ransom demands from young gang members.
One year after his arrest, Pavel Durov says he'd 'rather die' than give third parties access to messages on Telegram
Pavel Durov would rather die than allow third parties access to private Telegram messages; he denies criminal charges stemming from his August 2024 French detention.
OpenServ And LunarCrush Turning 50 Million Posts An Hour Into AI Apps | HackerNoon
OpenServ and LunarCrush partner to integrate social media tracking into Telegram, offering automated AI-generated video briefings on cryptocurrency news.
Telegram Purged Chinese Crypto Scam Markets-Then Watched as They Rebuilt
Telegram stated, "communities previously reported to us by WIRED...have all been taken down," referring to the broad purge of illegal service markets on their platform.
Vietnam orders ban on popular messaging app Telegram
Telegram's cooperation with authorities has been a point of contention, but their representative has expressed surprise at the Vietnamese government's swift action to block the app.
The Internet's Biggest-Ever Black Market Just Shut Down Amid a Telegram Purge
"Telegram were blocked all of our NFT, Channels and group on May 13th 2025, Haowang Guarantee will cease operation from now," the company wrote on its website.
Colorado Has a Massive Home-Grown Crypto Crime Problem
Jacobs' analysis highlights the staggering scale of Xinbi Guarantee's operations, revealing an intricate ecosystem of illicit activities funder by over $8.4 billion in crypto transactions.