Telegram Account Hacked: 49 Reviews (2026)
Telegram holds 3.82 stars on Google Play and 4.01 on the App Store, both low for an app with a billion installs. We read 4,379 substantial negative US reviews from a continuous run between 21 April and 16 September 2026. 222 describe a hacked account, and 49 of them describe one mechanism: the attacker attaches their own email, so every login code goes there. A separate 116 reviews say Telegram asked them to buy Premium before it would send a code by SMS.