The agency noted that the anonymous hacker posted a clarification on the dark web in a forum for hackers, saying: "I would like to clarify that my previous post regarding the hacking of the Mach application's database was incorrect, as such a database does not exist. Our further investigations into other potential serious security vulnerabilities have not yielded any results. There was no widespread breach. I am following developments in the Mach messaging application with great respect and interest. Thank you for your understanding."
He later added that he was surprised by the angry reaction of the Telegram channels that published the false news, and that the part of the original message that referred to remote code execution, which allows an attacker to run arbitrary commands on the targeted system without physical access to it, "should have been clear evidence of the news being false."
On January 14, rumors spread on Telegram channels about an alleged major data breach of the Mach platform. An anonymous hacker claimed that the data of more than 15 million people had been leaked, while the platform's press service denied this information, describing it as fake.
