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The incident could have compromised the data of about 19 million people, including names, addresses, emails and phone numbers, he said. Durov linked the incident to the broader problem of digital security of government systems and the risks of personal data being concentrated in centralized databases.
French authorities confirmed the fact of unauthorized access to part of the data of the portal France Titres, recorded on April 15, writes Vedomosti. According to official information, the attackers gained access to users’ personal and professional account data, but documents uploaded to the platform (including ID cards) were not affected.
Estimates of the scale of the incident vary. Early reports mentioned about 12-13 million records, while later publications mentioned up to 18-19 million. Final data on the number of affected accounts is currently being refined.
Durov noted that such incidents cast doubt on initiatives to expand government agencies’ access to encrypted communications and digital user IDs, as leaks in centralized systems can have a significant scale.
Earlier, the Telegram founder also reported about more than a dozen charges against him in France and criticized European initiatives in the field of digital identification and age verification of users of online services.
