Telegram refutes leak of more than 137 GB of messages from cryptocurrency chats

A Twitter user known by the handle adyingnobody said they had gained access to 137.21 GB of Telegram users’ messages. Representatives of the messaging app did not confirm the leak.

The thread’s author, which at the time of writing had over 3,000 retweets, says they used a software exploit to pull text files from cryptocurrency-industry group chats and private exchanges.

“A vulnerability discovered in October 2019 allows access to private group chats if proper permissions were not set,” заявил adyingnobody.

According to him, the messages contain information about fraudulent crypto projects, sexual violence, pedophilia, contracted killings and other compromising details.

The thread’s author promised to publish all available data in stages: June 15, June 30 and July 7.

A Telegram spokesperson in a comment to The Block заявил, that the tweet bears “all the hallmarks of a hoax” and is likely an attempt to steal seed phrases from users’ cryptocurrency wallets.

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