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Telegram Temporarily Vanishes, Explained as Extortion Attack

2026/08/05 11:14 (Updated 2026/08/05 14:00)
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Telegram Temporarily Vanishes, Explained as Extortion Attack

Disappearance Explained as Extortion

Disappearance Explained as Extortion

On the 4th, Telegram temporarily vanished from the Apple Store globally. On the 5th, Telegram's founder Pavel Durov added an explanation on platform X, stating that the disappearance was orchestrated by attackers posing as posters with extortionate intent.

According to Durov, the attackers used a method of editing past posts in public groups to insert AI-manipulated illegal content. They made these posts invisible to the group members, then targeted Apple...

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