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CoWIN data leak

22 Jun 2023

Two, Including A Juvenile, Held Over Involvement In CoWIN Data Leak Case

A man was arrested and a juvenile were apprehended from Bihar in connection with their involvement in the alleged data leak from CoWIN portal.

23 Mar 2021

Telegram receives $150 million investment from Abu Dhabi State Fund

Mubadala invested $75 million in five-year, pre-initial public offering (IPO) bonds of Telegram, while Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners invested a further $75 million. Telegram, along with messaging app Signal, have seen an increase in users this year amid privacy concerns with larger rival Facebook-owned WhatsApp. Telegram, along with messaging app Signal, have seen an increase in users this year amid privacy concerns with larger rival Facebook-owned WhatsApp.

23 Feb 2021

Use Telegram QR codes to invite people to group chats, new beta feature out

Telegram has been in the works to come up with a couple of features such as widgets, QR code support for group chats, and options to report content. Telegram’s beta version 7.5 comes with new features which include adding support for QR codes that can be used to invite people to group chats and channels as well. Meanwhile, another feature in testing is for group chat admins to set a custom timer for messages to auto-delete.

07 Feb 2021

Telegram trumps Signal and WhatsApp to become the most downloaded app

Telegram has become the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide in January 2021, with 24 percent of the total downloads coming from India, followed by Indonesia at 10 percent. The Telegram was ranked at ninth position in terms of downloads on Google Play in the month of December. The messaging app has also made it easy to migrate your chat history from WhatsApp to Telegram so that you don’t lose out on anything important.

14 Aug 2017

'SonicSpy' Android spyware found in Play Store

The malware gives attackers control over the device and allows them to silently record audio, make calls, retrieve call logs, contacts and take photographs, the company said in a blogpost.

Russian intelligence

26 Jun 2017

Russian intelligence says Telegram app used in Saint Petersburg Metro bombing

Russia's FSB security agency on Monday said the Telegram messaging service was used by those behind the Saint Petersburg metro bombing.

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