The news come hours after a WSJ report revealed that Durov's phone was hacked back in 2017, a year before he met with the French President.
The arrest warrants for Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and his brother, co-founder Nikolai Durov, were issued by French authorities months earlier than initially suspected.
In the latest revelation, the arrest warrants for the brothers behind the viral messaging app Telegram were first issued in March 2024, according to French administrative documents seen by Politico.
The news comes hours after reports that Durov’s phone was hacked by French and United Arab Emirates spies back in 2017, due to the UAE’s concern over the use of Telegram to recruit operatives and plan attacks.
