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How North Korea laundered money through a Vietnamese crypto company

A recent investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has exposed a sophisticated money laundering operation involving a Vietnamese online financial firm and North Korean operatives.

16 Apr 2026-13:49
Telegram’s Pavel Durov slams WhatsApp encryption as “consumer fraud”

According to the information on the WhatsApp website, the end-to-end encryption is “on by default” so that only the sender and recipient can read messages, and “no one in between” (including WhatsApp) can access them.

13 Apr 2026-10:38
Telegram's Durov slams WhatsApp's encryption as 'biggest consumer fraud'

10 Apr 2026-13:42
Zelenskyy confirms Ukraine is ready for mirror steps following Russian Easter truce

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine is ready for mirror steps in response to the Easter truce announced by Russia, according to his Telegram.

10 Apr 2026-09:29
How Russia’s VPN ban disrupted digital payments across the country

Russia’s intensifying restrictions on virtual private networks have triggered a major controversy after Telegram founder Pavel Durov claimed that these measures disrupted domestic payment systems. According to Durov, attempts to block encrypted internet traffic interfered with the infrastructure used for financial transactions, causing temporary failures across parts of the country.

04 Apr 2026-23:05
Russia’s VPN ban halts payments, claims Telegram founder

Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder of Telegram, stated that Russia's effort to block Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) caused an issue with a domestic payment system, noting that tens of millions of Russians were resisting digital restrictions.

04 Apr 2026-14:29
Durov says Russia VPN block caused payment chaos

Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, has claimed that Russia’s efforts to block Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) triggered disruptions in a domestic payment system, causing widespread inconvenience for users.

04 Apr 2026-10:49
Israel, Iran exchange fresh airstrikes

The Israeli Defense Forces said in a Telegram post it had launched a wave of strikes targeting infrastructure across Tehran.

25 Mar 2026-12:27
Russia fines Telegram $432,000 over banned content

Russia has fined the popular messaging app Telegram 35 million roubles ($432,366) for failing to remove banned content.

16 Mar 2026-13:50
Telegram suffers widespread outage

12 Mar 2026-13:45