⚠️ Мошенники начали использовать фальшивые новогодние открытки в мессенджерах для обмана россиян.
При открытии такого сообщения человек рискует загрузить на свое устройство вирус, троянскую программу или другой зловредный код, а мошенники могут украсть личные данные пользователя, включая пароли, номера банковских карт и другую конфиденциальную информацию, рассказала эксперт.
⚠️ Мошенники начали использовать фальшивые новогодние открытки в мессенджерах для обмана россиян.
При открытии такого сообщения человек рискует загрузить на свое устройство вирус, троянскую программу или другой зловредный код, а мошенники могут украсть личные данные пользователя, включая пароли, номера банковских карт и другую конфиденциальную информацию, рассказала эксперт.
Multiple pro-Kremlin media figures circulated the post's false claims, including prominent Russian journalist Vladimir Soloviev and the state-controlled Russian outlet RT, according to the DFR Lab's report. In the past, it was noticed that through bulk SMSes, investors were induced to invest in or purchase the stocks of certain listed companies. Asked about its stance on disinformation, Telegram spokesperson Remi Vaughn told AFP: "As noted by our CEO, the sheer volume of information being shared on channels makes it extremely difficult to verify, so it's important that users double-check what they read." These entities are reportedly operating nine Telegram channels with more than five million subscribers to whom they were making recommendations on selected listed scrips. Such recommendations induced the investors to deal in the said scrips, thereby creating artificial volume and price rise. On February 27th, Durov posted that Channels were becoming a source of unverified information and that the company lacks the ability to check on their veracity. He urged users to be mistrustful of the things shared on Channels, and initially threatened to block the feature in the countries involved for the length of the war, saying that he didn’t want Telegram to be used to aggravate conflict or incite ethnic hatred. He did, however, walk back this plan when it became clear that they had also become a vital communications tool for Ukrainian officials and citizens to help coordinate their resistance and evacuations.
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