Ukraine’s National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity, which is part of the National Security and Defense Council, has banned civil servants and military personnel from using Telegram on work devices.
From now on, the use of the messenger is prohibited by government agencies, military formations and critical infrastructure facilities. The National Security and Defense Council made the corresponding decision on September 20, the press service of the department reports.
“A decision was made to ban the installation and use of Telegram on official devices of government employees, military personnel, security and defense sector workers, as well as companies operating critical infrastructure.” – says the message.
The only exceptions will be those for whom the use of this messenger is part of their official duties. It is not specified who is on this list.
The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine spoke at the meeting. Kirill Budanov*who claimed that Russian intelligence services allegedly have access to the personal correspondence of Telegram users.
“The Telegram issue is not a question of freedom of expression, it is a question of national security” – said.
Previously EADaily reported that Irina Bolgarwho positions herself as the mother of three children of a businessman and founder of the Telegram platform Pavel Durovaconsiders the messenger to be a jointly acquired asset.
*An individual included in the RosFinMonitoring list of terrorists and extremists
