- Confidential and Proprietary - Luminar Annual Threat Landscape Report Page 19 4.2.3 Anonymity Above all, Telegram is better for anonymous communication compared to in-forum messaging services monitored by admins. Telegram is lightly regulated or moderated, so hackers know they can most likely remain anonymous and shielded from surveillance or accountability. Thus far, Telegram has proven to be slow tackling illegal and dangerous activity taking place on the app. The company has taken limited only steps to shut down cybercrime-related groups, and some are operating for months before any action is taken. During that period, they can openly share private data of millions of people. Moreover, some group admins also create a backup group, ready to accept new members and pinned to the top of the group. This way, members know to join the backup group if the primary group is shut down. 47 47 https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/cybercrime-on-telegram/