Don't click links: Crypto community responds to alleged Telegram ‘exposé’
Telegram announced that the anonymous account's claims are “baseless” and are made to "get users to download malware." This week the crypto community’s attention was captured by an anonymous person who claimed that they will expose the misdeeds of prominent crypto influencers and top projects within the crypto space. The alleged whistleblower, going by the username “Adyingnobody” on Twitter, said that they will “tear a rift in the entire community” by releasing Telegram messages that they acquired through an allaged exploit in the messaging app. In a thread, they claimed to have evidence....
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