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Post ministry: Use Telegram with care
Thu, 17 December 2020
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications urged the public to be on guard when using the popular messaging app Telegram.
In a December 16 notification, the ministry said hackers have been infecting people’s devices with viruses by impersonating prominent individuals such as politicians or celebrities.
The hackers are creating false identities and using famous names in order to send people messages attached with documents, files, and images that are contaminated with virus programmes, which launch when the attached files are opened, tapped or selected.
Once the virus has been activated on a person’s device, the hacker can then gain full access to the device’s entire contents and administrator level control over its functions.