And they made a mailing list criticizing the actions of the Russian authorities. Thousands of Telegram channels with a Russian audience were hacked. There was a mailing list with calls to go to rallies. Discuss massively hacked” Telegram channels massively hacked />
It became known that the mailing list was made through the Crosser Bot. This is a popular free channel audience analysis bot. The developers reported that the bot was hacked, and Telegram itself sent a warning about suspicious activity. The bot was temporarily suspended.
According to TGStat, more than 3700 channels were hacked. The coverage of the post amounted to about 1.3 million views.
It is worth noting that the other day Russia introduced criminal liability for the publication of “knowingly false information about the Russian special operation in Ukraine.” Thus, the owners of the channels were at risk. Many of them promptly deleted the post that appeared.
Source: Durov's Code