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Telegram Combolists and 361M Email Addresses (troyhunt.com)
9 points by supermatou on June 3, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Were the compromised accounts sourced from Telegram or was that just the distribution channel? It's not 100% clear given your article and I feel like it's unfair to associate Telegram's name with the leak if they were merely a means of distribution.

I don't mean to trivialize the breach in any way mind you. I just want to ensure that those who don't read the full article aren't mislead into believing Telegram is any less secure because of this (assuming they weren't breached of course)


I got the same idea from the title, but as it seems, it's just a compilation of different breaches.

The Line "scraped out of thousands of Telegram channels" means "someone downloaded databreach files shared on Telegram", not "scraped Public channels for E-Mail Adresses" as i first interpreted it.




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