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Fun fact: Recently FSB database on border crossings from 2014 to 2023 was leaked online and Durov visited Russia 50 times since 2015. In fact, he was in Russia
by Glacia 2y ago
Fun fact: Recently FSB database on border crossings from 2014 to 2023 was leaked online and Durov visited Russia 50 times since 2015. In fact, he was in Russia the day the telegram was unblocked. I wonder why?
- eitland 2y agoCare to link to the leaks? I've heard similar stories on and off but if you post the link you'd be the first to let me know the source. Not saying it isn't true. Only pointing out I have not seen the source yet.
- protomolecule 2y agoRumors are that it costs 270000 USD, but apparently a couple of aggregators have bought it.
- Glacia 2y agoHere is a Russian source (Use google translate): https://storage.googleapis.com/istories/news/2024/08/27/pavel-durov-priezzhal-v-rossiyu-bolee-50-raz-s-momenta-izgnaniya-v-2014-m/index.html https://storage.googleapis.com/istories/news/2024/08/27/pave... The DB was sold on darknet for huge money (200 000$+). First person to report about this leak was this guy: https://t.me/zakharovchannel/1416?single https://t.me/zakharovchannel/1416?single Multiple people so far have confirmed it's a real DB.
- mananaysiempre 2y agoThe database itself doesn’t seem to be publically available (yet, I guess). Original reporting (in Russian): The announcement of the leak (by Zakharov[1]) was in https://t.me/zakharovchannel/1418 https://t.me/zakharovchannel/1418. Alburov[2], former head investigative journalist at Navalny’s ACF[3], confirmed(/bragged) that the the data matched their publications in https://x.com/alburov/status/1828143239615947234 https://x.com/alburov/status/1828143239615947234. The source for most of the news articles on Durov specifically, published in iStories[4], is https://istories.media/news/2024/08/27/pavel-durov-priezzhal-v-rossiyu-bolee-50-raz-s-momenta-izgnaniya-v-2014-m/ https://istories.media/news/2024/08/27/pavel-durov-priezzhal.... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Zakharov_(journalist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Zakharov_(journalist) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Alburov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Alburov [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Corruption_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Corruption_Foundation [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IStories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IStories