If you are a Telegram user or group administrator, you are a potential target. Here is how to protect yourself.

Using BZ Spam Pro can expose individuals to civil and criminal liability under:

Navigate to Administration > Parameters > User Authentication and Spam Filtering to set up your first line of defense.

  • ReCAPTCHA: Ensure you have implemented Google ReCAPTCHA (v2 or v3) on the "Create Account" page. This stops automated bot scripts from flooding your database.
  • To understand the threat BZ Spam Pro poses, one must understand its operational mechanics. It does not "hack" Telegram per se, but rather exploits legitimate features at scale.

    If your Bugzilla install has the Akismet extension enabled: