Telegram Terminates Channels Marketing Child Pornography, No Response From Hikvision
Telegram has now terminated all 7 channels marketing child pornography from hacked Hikvision cameras, which IPVM reported to the platform.
While Telegram's actions make it harder for criminals to find buyers for this, this does not stop child pornography from being distributed or watched.
Until and unless Hikvision stops allowing the current Hik-Connect app from distributing (effectively live streaming) from victim's cameras and/or resolves the vulnerabilities in those Hikvision cameras, anyone who has previous access remains and the criminals can still sell this through other methods on the dark web.
Unfortunately, Hikvision has made no public statement since it declared its "hope" that "IPVM had fallen for a phony solicitation and that none of its allegations are true," which has been disproven by Telegram's actions here.
In this note, IPVM examines Telegram's latest actions, Hikvision's role, and what is or is not being done.
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