Hacked data, including credit card details, passwords and browser history, is openly traded on the app.
BANGKOK - Powerful criminal networks in South-east Asia extensively use the messaging app Telegram, which has enabled a fundamental change in the way organised crime can conduct large-scale illicit activity, said the United Nations in a report on Oct 7.
“We move three million USDT stolen from overseas per day,” the report quoted one ad as saying in Chinese. USDT is the stablecoin issued by Tether Holdings. Russian-born Durov was arrested in Paris in August and charged with allowing criminal activity on the platform, including the spread of sexual images of children. The move has put the spotlight on the criminal liability of app providers, and also triggered debate on where freedom of speech ends and enforcement of the law begins.
Mr Benedikt Hofmann, UNODC’s deputy representative for South-east Asia and the Pacific, said the app was an easily navigable environment for criminals. UNODC said it had identified more than 10 deepfake software service providers “specifically targeting criminal groups involved in cyber-enabled fraud in South-east Asia”.
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