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Telegram Applied for .gram: What It Means for the Threat Landscape

medsocradar_blogPublished 2026-08-19

<h1>Telegram Applied for .gram: What It Means for the Threat Landscape</h1> <h2>TL;DR</h2> <ul> <li>Telegram has applied for the .gram top-level domain through ICANN’s 2026 round. If approved, Telegram usernames could become web-addressable domains with AI-generated websites.</li> <li>This creates a new namespace for phishing, impersonation, and threat actor self-promotion, operated by a platform

MITRE ATT&CK techniques

Social Media AccountsT1586.001
Social Media AccountsT1585.001
Social MediaT1593.001
ImpersonationT1684.001
ImpersonationAML.T0073

Indicators of compromise

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/14/telegrams-shortlink-domain-is-back-online-after-day-long-suspension/url
https://interisle.net/insights/cybercrimesupplychain2025url
t.medomain

Original source: https://socradar.io/blog/telegram-applied-for-gram/