Telegram's founder Pavel Durov says his company only employs around 30 engineers. Security experts say that raises serious questions about the company's cybersecurity.

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Security experts raise concerns about Telegram's small engineering team and its use of proprietary encryption, which is not enabled by default. The app, which also serves as a social media platform, stores a significant amount of user data unencrypted. Experts highlight the potential vulnerabilities and the inability to effectively handle legal requests, abuse, and content moderation with such limited staff. With nearly one billion users, Telegram is a noteworthy target for hackers, making security a critical and growing concern.

Experts say Telegram’s ’30 engineers’ team is a security red flag

<p>Well, security totally depends upon the experience &amp; skills of the engineers, even a team of 60 newbie devs might create more vulnerabilities then team of 30 experienced &amp; skilled devs.</p>


<p>However, it is the place where nowadays all newbies hacker start to learn, there are many private on it …</p>
