Telegram, part deux
So this is weird. Triaging the accounts I blocked yesterday after "X has just joined Telegram", the block rules show completely different users than the ones I added.
Telegram was definitely calling these contacts I recognized yesterday, and now they are... other people? Hmm.
I wonder if this is some kind of phishing thing being run on their platform. Dropping Telegram support a line.
re: Telegram, part deux
And support request sent.
I wonder if this is something Telegram itself was running or if someone has been using scraped data and fake contact list additions at Telegram's API. Guess I'll see what they reply back with.