I know, right? That’s why investigative journalism is such a thankless, frustrating job. You need to prove beyond any doubt things that are often pretty obviously true.

Roman Anin and the rest of the IStories team did an absolutely amazing job. Found court documents going years back. Dug up signed statements and contracts. They did something nobody in the infosec community seemed to have done: actually looked at the IP addresses used by Telegram and followed that lead to its logical conclusion. And then published all of the receipts!

And still people will say this is “unsubstantiated” or find other ways to wave this off.