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Police have found a simple way to “hack” Telegram

The epic struggle Telegram and Roskomnadzor is in a state of freezing: registered office messenger in the list of distributors of information. But with the position service of the founder Pavel Durov, who refused to give authorities access to the communications of users, the Russian government does not agree. As reported Readovka, our law enforcement officers the opportunity to obtain partial access to the correspondence of citizens.

The police managed to run the entire operation without any knowledge in the field of information security. The operator, on request from the interior Ministry gave law enforcement a duplicate SIM card from one of his clients.

To get access to the correspondence in the Telegram, operatives only have to log in to his account. An SMS with a code to enter the app it’s already a duplicate SIM cards. No source codes and keys for encryption are not needed.

Not available was only a message from a secret chat. These information is not stored on the servers of the messenger and not available when you log on to Telegram from another device.

At the same time, technical experts say that to get a duplicate SIM card for such operations operatives do not have. They are able at the right time to intercept a short message with a code to enter.

To avoid such “wiretapping” Telegram users will allow two-factor authentication. Your password when signing in to messenger will deliver third-party user in a deadlock.

Last week, the Telegram was on the verge of blocking. Roskomnadzor demanded to make the list of organizers of information dissemination. This forced the administration and developers of Telegram to obey and other Russian laws, including the Spring package, which is contrary to the position of the Telegram and its founder (or bytes of information to any state) Pavel Durov.

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After Roskomnadzor has reduced the amount required for state agencies information, Durov agreed to register. The businessman noted that all required Agency information, free.

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