Russia has threatened to ban Telegram end-to-end encrypted messaging app, after Pavel Durov, its founder, refused to sign up to the country's new data protection laws. Russian intelligence service, the FSB, said on Monday that the terrorists that killed 15 people in Saint Petersburg in April had used the Telegram encrypted messaging service to plot their attacks. According to the new Russian Data
![Russia Threatens to Ban Telegram Messaging App, Says It Was Used By Terrorists](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/cc462abe5f480bb3d14cad9a90128197c0ee0931/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fthehackernews.com%2Fimages%2F-qmkB4yOfAmE%2FWVE9z_OSfAI%2FAAAAAAAAtWE%2FpwD0KCxVZyw43tb9IGYAMG7DZ63tZNZ-gCLcBGAs%2Fs728-e365%2Frussia-telegram-data-law.png)