The failure of the Russian analogue of Instagram: the service was hacked before opening

After blocking Instagram in Russia, they quickly came up with an alternative to it, but the first users faced problems

The Russian analogue of Instagram was disgraced even before the launch / Photo: Collage: Today

A “fellow student” of Pavel Durov presented his craft to a popular service, giving it the strong name “Rossgram”.

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Then the owners of the new social network lured potential users with “special privileges.” But in fact, those who want to check the service’s performance ran into problems.

Still not really starting, the service leaked the data of users who left their application for registration.

It is reported that the users who sent the application received letters from a fake domain with a link to download a malicious application from Google Drive.

True, it cannot be downloaded, since the administration of the storage service deleted the file for violating the terms of use.

Other sources complained that they could not download the installation file without knowing that it was a virus. Now they will think twice before opening a letter from the Rossgram addressee. This is how the era of import-substituting Instagram ended ingloriously…

Source: Segodnya

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