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_-iNT13- [soylentnews.org] writes:

Over a week ago iStories published a story [istories.media] alleging Vladimir Vedeneev and Roman Venediktov, who own GlobalNet, allow the FSB access to Telegram messages. GlobalNet assigns IP addresses for Telegram and maintains it's networking equipment, and also has/had contracts with a FSB “research computing center” that helped plan the invasion of Ukraine and developed tools to deanonymise internet users; and a flagship state-owned nuclear research laboratory.

Telegram responded to the allegations the following day [istories.media] - and in doing so made some glaring contradictions with what they told the court in Miami, USA.

More recently Meduza [meduza.io] published a detailed story about both those iStories reports - the highlight being the revelation that "as part of a criminal case opened by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in the spring of 2022, security agents have been intercepting Telegram messages."

Security researcher Michał “rysiek” WoźniakA published a detailed report titled Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot, which provides more information on how Telegram has been compromised

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