Telegram The New Frontier For Criminal Gangs? UN Report Uncovers Alarming Trends In Organized Crime

On Monday, the U.N. revealed in a report that the messaging app Telegram, an encrypted messaging app, has been identified as a major platform for criminal activities.

What Happened: The report by the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime or UNODC disclosed that Telegram is being exploited by criminal networks in Southeast Asia for large-scale illicit activities, reported Reuters.

The app is allegedly being used for trading hacked data, including credit card details and passwords, and selling tools for cybercrime, such as deepfake software and data-stealing malware.

The report also pointed out the existence of unlicensed cryptocurrency exchanges on the platform, offering money laundering services.

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