Russian State Messenger Max Has Been Accused Of Espionage

• 30.04.2026, 14:57

Cloudfare made a note of it.

Hosting provider Cloudfare has flagged the domain of "national messenger" Max as spyware. This was brought to the attention of Wrap.

When exactly Cloudfare added this mark to the messenger is unknown. The provider's website still has a TLS certificate, which attests to the authenticity of the project.

The messenger is still available on Google Play and the App Store.

Apple previously removed the Telega app - a client for the Telegram messenger - from its store. This came after Cloudfare also recognized its domains as spyware. The GlobalSign authentication center then revoked the project's TLS certificate.