The Russian company T.Hunter, specializing in cybersecurity, is testing a new technology for de-anonymizing Telegram channel owners.
The Comrade Major neural network imitates the work of experts in analyzing Telegram channels and studies various data, such as the content of posts, changes in the channel description, metadata of attached files. The developers claim that the neural network can process information “better and faster” than a human.
“AI is based on one of the most common text neural networks, which runs on our company’s servers. A Telegram bot was written to use it, which simplifies interaction with the software,” said Igor Bederov, head of the information and analytical research department at T.Hunter
In addition, “Comrade Major” can check information about legal entities by TIN: find out the registration date, number of employees, location and size of the company’s authorized capital.
In the future, T.Hunter wants to teach a neural network to search for data in social networks, phone numbers, email addresses and cryptocurrency wallets. The full version of the program should appear in 2024–2025. Target users are government and private entities involved in cybercrime investigations.
