Telegram has issued an official statement in response to an investigation claiming that part of its server infrastructure is serviced by a company with ties to the Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB). The press release emphasizes that the company cooperates with many service providers around the world, but none of them have access to user data or confidential infrastructure.
All Telegram servers are owned by Telegram and maintained by Telegram employees. Unauthorized access is impossible. Telegram has no employees or servers in Russia, let alone in the FSB. In the entire history of Telegram, it has never transmitted personal messages to third parties, and its encryption has never been cracked.
The investigation, published on June 10, claims that the messenger's infrastructure is controlled by a company associated with Vladimir Vedeneev, a partner of the Durov brothers since VKontakte. According to the authors of the investigation, the company provides technical maintenance services for FSB complexes used to monitor citizens.
In response to these accusations, Vladimir Vedeneev stated that all Telegram equipment is isolated and managed exclusively by the messenger team. He also emphasized that his company did not use its equipment to analyze or monitor Telegram traffic.
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