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137GiB leak from cryptocurrency-related Telegram groups coming soon? (www.twitlonger.com)

submitted 2 years ago by rysiek@szmer.info to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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dear crypto,

I want to come clean, and I will likely tear a rift in the entire community while I'm at it and on my way out.

Over the course of these next few weeks I will be releasing 137.21GB of Telegram group chats and messages, of which I was not a part of. Why? This is all thanks to an exploit in October of 2019 that allowed one to access the group page with recent messages if proper permissions were not set up.

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I do not know what it is about Telegram, but the alleged assurance of privacy and security meant that people became relaxed and let them express themselves freely.

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[–] rysiek@szmer.info 3 points 2 years ago

Relevant: https://nitter.it/elies/status/1534203076503953409

[–] azron@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is there a place where things like this tend to land or just wait and search?

[–] harcesz@szmer.info 4 points 2 years ago

Usually https://www.ddosecrets.com/ is a good place to check.

[–] null_radix@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

apparently the tg hacker posted this onchain

There is no release tomorrow this is all a hoax
There is no secret orgies or assassinations
There is no twitter employee hiding information
There is no sexual assault, no people and influencers stealing from users or people using alts to prop up projects 
These are all fabrications made by myself for attention
I will be dead from suicide you have nothing to worry about so do not bother finding me
Do not send any money or funds to this address and move on
If any message that comes from this address in the future or any messages claim to be dead man switches then assume the private key for this address is compromised and assume it is a fake message by someone else
bye

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x02a9b56c8324737800a3447d4184b7cc9917ef7d3ce3eb7b95b3e42652bdaa80

[–] null_radix@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

its fake