Telegram says China was behind a powerful attack that disrupted the service during Hong Kong protests
Telegram is one of the end-to-end encrypted chat apps out there that offers the same kind of security as iMessage or WhatsApp when it comes to protecting chats and voice communications. It's also the kind of app that pisses off governments and intelligence services since they can't get access to the data. But sometimes, it may be more important to block access to Telegram that actually spy on what users are chatting about, to prevent them from coordinating during protests. Telegram claims that's what happened the other day, when a powerful DDoS attack hit the service, effectively rendering the app useless. And Telegram says it was China that was behind it all.
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Telegram says China was behind a powerful attack that disrupted the service during Hong Kong protests originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 11:44:42 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.