21M Users’ Personal Data Exposed on Telegram

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A database containing the personal information and login passwords of 21 million individuals was exposed on a Telegram channel on May 7th, 2022, as per Hackread.com. The data of VPN customers was also exposed in the breach, including prominent VPNs like SuperVPN, GeckoVPN, and ChatVPN. 
The database was previously accessible for sale on the Dark Web last year, but it is now available for free on Telegram. The hacked documents contained 10GB of data and exposed 21 million unique records, according to VPNMentor analysts. The following details were included: 
  • Full names
  • Usernames
  • Country names
  • Billing details
  • Email addresses
  • Randomly generated password strings
  • Premium status and validity period
Further investigation revealed that the leaked passwords were all impossible to crack because they were all random, hashed, or salted without collision. Gmail accounts made up the majority of the email addresses (99.5 percent). 
However, vpnMentor researchers believe that the released data is merely a portion of the whole dump. For the time being, it’s unknown whether the information was gained from a data breach or a malfunctioning server. In any case, the harm has been done, and users are now vulnerable to scams and prying eyes. The main reason people use VPNs is to maintain their anonymity and privac

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