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432 Telegram Bans $35 Billion Black Markets Used To Sell Stolen Data, Launder Crypto

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 05/15/2025 16:07 EDT

Telegram Bans $35 Billion Black Markets Used To Sell Stolen Data, Launder Crypto

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Thursday, Telegram announced it had removed two huge black markets estimated to have generated more than $35 billion since 2021 by serving cybercriminals and scammers. Blockchain research firm Elliptic told Reuters that the Chinese-language markets Xinbi Guarantee and Huione Guarantee together were far more lucrative than Silk Road, an illegal drug marketplace that the FBI notoriously seized in 2013, which was valued at about $3.4 billion. Both marke

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