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Telegram bans $35B black markets used to sell stolen data, launder crypto

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨abobla@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/telegram-bans-35b-black-markets-used-to-sell-stolen-data-launder-crypto/

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  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Funny how they just operated on open-ish, highly accessible social media, yet Telegram has zero liability for hosting it, and seemingly little motivation to find such things.

    It’s almost like trusting commercial social media to be decent arbiters, in exchange for their legal protection, isn’t working out…

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Telegram has basically zero liability for hosting it

      Not sure if you heard the news but the founder was put in jail for it for a while. He’s now complying with gov requests to remove chat groups.

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  • loki@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    "The only one allowed to launder money and sell crypto is me"

    -Telegram

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  • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Whole plays glows like it’s bioluminescent. A shame.

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    • asbestos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I know some of these words

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      • untakenusername@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        monero (xmr) is an untraceable cryptocurency

        TG is a bank

        KYC means know your costumer

        atomic swaps are a way of buying some crypto for other crypto

        DNMs I think are darknet markets

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    • fcuks@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      interested in how were you using paypal without kyc?

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      • FreeBird@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Me too.

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    • oldfart@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Go Bisq or RetoSwap, there are Simplex channels too

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    • undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Whole plays glows

      You mean “[the] whole place glows?”

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      • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yeah sorry already edited the comment. Feels like my grammar has gone to shit lately as well.

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    • untakenusername@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      could we get a how-to from you about buying Monero and atomic swaps and all that?

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      • mosiacmango@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Step one seems to be “find a new market” now that you cant use this one anymore.

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