Telegram was removed from the App Store due to pornographic fraud…
Telegram was removed from the App Store due to pornographic fraud - Durov. Telegram founder Pavel Durov commented on the temporary removal of the application from the App Store on August 4.
Consensus
- Telegram was temporarily removed from the App Store.
- The removal was due to illegal pornographic content in a public group chat.
- The content was inserted by editing an old message in a group chat using AI.
- The content was hidden from participants, making it difficult to detect and report.
- The user who posted the content demanded a ransom from group owners.
- Apple restored Telegram after the content was removed and the user was blocked.
- Apple did not contact Telegram before removing the app.
- The incident occurred on August 4, with the app being unavailable for several hours.
Points of divergence
- Apple removed Telegram from the App Store on August 3. — meduza
- Pavel Durov was added to Russia's terrorist and extremist list on July 30. — vm
- Telegram was unavailable in Russia, the US, and Turkey. — vedomosti
- Telegram was unavailable in the US, India, Australia, and Singapore. — meduza
- Telegram was restored within a few hours. — tg_echoonline_news
- Telegram was unavailable for slightly more than an hour. — fontanka
- The illegal content was created using AI and involved a technical trick to hide it from group members. — tg_dwglavnoe
- The illegal content was 'AI-modified' and posted by a user who was a blackmailer. — kommerant
- The attacker used automated accounts to post illegal content and then reported it to Apple. — vesti
- The attackers used automated accounts to post illegal content in public groups and then reported it directly to Apple to force removal. — vm
- Apple removed Telegram due to content involving sexual violence against children. — meduza
- The user who filed the complaint was the same one who posted the content. — tg_dwglavnoe
Coverage (9 sources)
- Telegram was removed from App Store due to pornographic fraud - Durov — DW Главное
- Durov* stated that Telegram app from App Store was deleted by 'ransommen' — Вечерняя Москва
- Durov explained the removal of Telegram from the Apple Store — Ведомости
- Pavel Durov explained the removal of Telegram from the App Store as a "technical trick" by a criminal who published prohibited... — ЭХО / Новости
- «This could happen to any application». Pavel Durov explained the temporary removal of Telegram from the App Store as actions by a criminal — Meduza
- Durov explained Telegram removal from App Store by ransomware attack — Вести
- Durov commented on the temporary removal of Telegram from the App Store — Коммерсантъ
- I want to explain what happened: Durov* commented on the removal of Telegram from the App Store — Фонтанка
- How Durov Commented on the Removal of Telegram from the App Store — Дождь