Russian data leaked into Telegram began to be used for blackmail

Criminals began to blackmail the personal data of Russians leaked on Telegram.People are being extorted

money, threatening to hack the account, or reveal any information about the person to their family and colleagues.

According to Kommersant, scammers use Telegram bots, including MailSearchBot.Initially, it was created to check "leaked" passwords.For money, you can find logins and passwords that are in the public domain by phone number.Fraudsters use this data to blackmail users via email.Most often, they write to victims that due to the virus, all their actions on the network are recorded, and the last password used is attachedAs a confirmation.

In addition, fraudsters may pose as the security service of the service and offer to change the password. This is how they gain access to the user account.