From PC Mag: The United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime says Telegram has become a digital hub for organized crime gangs in Southeast Asia, enabling cybercriminals who run their fraudulent schemes, including deepfake software sales, directly through the app.
UNODC believes there is "strong evidence of underground data markets moving to Telegram and vendors actively looking to target transnational organized crime groups based in Southeast Asia," their findings state in a Reuters report.
Southeast Asia's cybercrime networks rake in anywhere from $27.4 billion to $36.5 billion annually, the UN office says. In many cases, human trafficking helps staff the criminal operations.
The UN office scraped Telegram and found users on the app are increasingly using words associated with deepfake technology, suggesting demand for or interest in the tech may be on the rise. They also found hacked data—including victims' credit cards, passwords, browser history, and other information—being offered for sale and sold on the messaging platform.
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