{"id":15924,"date":"2026-02-23T11:05:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=15924"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:05:46","slug":"russias-fsb-says-ukraine-can-access-front-line-data-via-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/russias-fsb-says-ukraine-can-access-front-line-data-via-telegram\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s FSB Says Ukraine Can Access Front-Line Data via Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It looks like Russia is giving us confirmation that Telegram isn’t secure<\/a>, which was known as they rolled their own encryption instead of using an already existing proven solution. And the fact they opensourced the client, but not the server was always a giveaway as well. Also, this originally came from Bloomberg with no author cited, and there are a couple em dashes in the article, typically a sign that AI wrote the article, so is that Bloomberg news now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/world-news\/russia-s-fsb-warns-ukraine-can-access-front-line-data-via-telegram-126022100343_1.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Russia’s communications watchdog limited access to Telegram – a popular messaging app owned by Russian-born billionaire Pavel Durov – over a week ago for failing to comply with Russian laws<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Several military bloggers on Telegram said in posts that the move risks leaving soldiers without communications | Image Credit: Bloomberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Russia said Ukraine can obtain sensitive information from troops using the Telegram app on the front line, signalling tightening scrutiny over a platform used by millions of Russians.  <\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The use of Telegram in combat areas has repeatedly endangered the lives of Russian servicemen, Russia\u2019s Federal Security Service, a powerful domestic intelligence agency and the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, said in the statement through RIA Novosti on Saturday. Ukraine\u2019s special services can quickly obtain information from the messaging platform and use it for military purposes, it said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia\u2019s communications watchdog limited access to Telegram \u2014 a popular messaging app owned by Russian-born billionaire Pavel Durov \u2014 over a week ago for failing to comply with Russian laws requiring personal data to be stored locally. Voice and video calls were blocked via Telegram in August. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pressure is the latest move in a long-running campaign to promote what the Kremlin calls a sovereign internet that\u2019s led to blocks on YouTube, Instagram and WhatsApp. Telegram is facing restrictions even as some of Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s most vocal supporters are up in arms over the Kremlin\u2019s latest move to restrict the messaging service and push people to use a new state-backed alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several military bloggers on Telegram said in posts that the move risks leaving soldiers without communications. There are no viable alternatives to Telegram on the front, soldiers complained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign intelligence services are able to see Russia\u2019s military messages in Telegram too, Russia\u2019s Minister for digital development, Maksut Shadaev, said on Wednesday, although he added that Russia will not block access to Telegram for troops for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Telegram responded at the time that no breaches of the app\u2019s encryption have ever been found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Russian government\u2019s allegation that our encryption has been compromised is a deliberate fabrication intended to justify outlawing Telegram and forcing citizens onto a state-controlled messaging platform engineered for mass surveillance and censorship,\u201d it said in an emailed response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It looks like Russia is giving us confirmation that Telegram isn’t secure, which was known as they rolled their own encryption instead of using an already existing proven solution. And the fact they opensourced the client, but not the server was always a giveaway as well. Also, this originally came from Bloomberg with no author […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15926,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15924\/revisions\/15926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}