Messaging service Telegram has promised to shut down terrorist-related channels after Indonesia’s government partially blocked access to its platform. The Ministry of Communication and IT blocked Telegram’s web version on…
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Telegram denies Iranian mass breach
Encrypted instant messaging service Telegram has denied hackers breached its systems to gain the telephone numbers of 15 million Iranian users. Checks on phone numbers had revealed “publicly available data”,…
Telegram app cracks down on IS propaganda channels
Berlin-based Telegram said it had shut down 78 IS channels. The secure mobile messaging app Telegram has started cracking down on propaganda from so-called Islamic State group (IS), nearly eight…
Encryption row intensifies
The call for encryption backdoors has, as predicted, intensified. Dave Lee North America technology reporter So, there have been a few important developments since I published my story looking at…