Evgeny Popov, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma's Information Policy Committee, said that Russian authorities have data on voluntary cooperation in Telegram management with foreign intelligence agencies. About this write .
A day earlier, the head of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation, Maksut Shadayev, warned that foreign intelligence agencies have access to correspondence on Telegram. He added that this was confirmed by Russian law enforcement officials.
Reuters published a response from Messenger's press service, denying that Telegram's encryption had been hacked.
“It's not about hacking but about access. Read about voluntary cooperation. For example, an indirect sign was the quick release of Durov from detention in France,” Popov explains.
According to him, messenger founder Pavel Durov's “arguments” about “hacking” are completely untenable.
The Deputy Minister explained that Moscow did not see the need to disclose this information earlier.
