The image people have of criminal hackers is one of hoodies, lurking in the dark, living on the unseeable ‘dark web’ etc…
Whereas a great many of them operate on Telegram nowadays. Either running public groups where they document all their exploits, or in open chat channels selling access etc.
If you’re wondering why Telegram doesn’t clap down on it, they have 1 billion active users today, and 50 staff members. Equates to one staff member for 20 million people.
Kevin Beaumont /
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2024-03-12 11:26:34
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2024-03-12 11:26:34Event JSON
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