In August 2025, the tech world was shaken when Telegram’s founder, Pavel Durov, was arrested in France on allegations tied to the misuse of his platform. Everyone was shocked. For years, Telegram branded itself as the go-to app for secure, encrypted, and censorship-resistant conversations, attracting nearly a billion global users from political activists to everyday people who simply wanted privacy. But …
“I never thought a web3 scam would happen to me.” That’s the phrase everyone mutters after a devastating loss. In Web3, where mistakes are permanent and funds irretrievable, this line isn’t cliché; it’s a warning. When I saw Alexander Choi’s X-post, “I just got drained for $996,000… writing it out feels completely unreal”, I paused. The man …
Sometimes our biggest mistakes become our greatest teachers. This is the story of how losing $500 to a cleverly disguised scam transformed me from a digital sitting duck into a cybersecurity savvy individual and why this painful lesson might just save you from the same fate. The Perfect Storm It was 2:47 PM on a …
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#cybersecurity#ai#web3#programming The notification sound pierced through the humid Lagos night like a knife. 3:47 AM. My phone buzzed with an alert that would change everything: “Unauthorized access detected on your main server.” My name is Kemi Adebayo, and I run a small but growing fintech startup from my cramped apartment in Ikeja. What started as …
