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Indian cybersecurity researcher rewarded by Telegram

Moscow, Feb 13 (UNI) An Indian IT security researcher has been awarded USD 3,600 by Telegram for uncovering a bug which was significantly affecting users’ privacy.
Telegram is one of the world's leading messaging apps.
Dhiraj Mishra was rewarded by the company for removing a bug that was leaving a local copy of self-destructing audio and video messages.
Telegram has lately risen in prominence as millions switched to this app after WhatsApp announced a new policy that would mandate sharing data with its parent company Facebook.
Telegram topped the charts of the most downloaded apps in January 2021, leaving behind Signal, TikTok and Facebook, app data provider Sensor Tower announced last week.
Speaking to Sputnik, Mishra said, "I identified a logical vulnerability in Telegram for macOS 7.3 (211334) Stable, which can have a significant impact on users' privacy. Telegram offers one of the core functionality of self-destructing messages under secret chat option. During my assessment, I found that self-destructed messages (In this case recorded audio/video messages) are actually never deleted and leave a local copy under a custom/sandbox path,"
After uncovering the vulnerabilities, Mishra sent them to the Telegram security team on December 26 and both bugs have been fixed in the new version of Telegram, released a few days ago.
The IT security researcher was awarded 3,000 euros ($3,637) by the messenger for reporting the bugs.
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