My Telegram channel was stolen by a bot

[Pat Swayze]

Hi my fellow hustlers.

I’m reaching out because today I just lost control of my Telegram channel and I’m trying to understand how this happened.
I was the Owner of the channel, but after I added a specific bot and gave it Administrator permissions, I somehow lost access. Now, I can no longer manage the channel or see myself as the owner.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Is it possible for a bot to transfer ownership or kick the original creator if certain permissions are granted?
I’ve already checked my "Active Sessions" and didn't see anything suspicious, but I’m worried my account might have been compromised through a phishing link or a malicious bot script. If you’ve been through this, how did you contact Telegram support? Did you manage to get your channel back

 

[friendlynoob]

Do you know wich specific permissions you provide to the bot ?
Like for example create other admins.

 

[theusualkeysersoze]

Lol what kinda bot can I guess, openclaw

Anyway, do not give admin access to anyone lol, bro owner doesn't mean highest privilege level in very many api and real world cases.

Don't let fucking bots be admins of your stuff, don't you have an idea that an unrestricted bot can do whatever a human can?

That's the first line of defense to never forget

 

[Pat Swayze]

Do you know wich specific permissions you provide to the bot ?
Like for example create other admins.

I only gave it permissions to manage messages and invite users. Not a big deal at first glance.

Lol what kinda bot can I guess, openclaw

Anyway, do not give admin access to anyone lol, bro owner doesn't mean highest privilege level in very many api and real world cases.

Don't let fucking bots be admins of your stuff, don't you have an idea that an unrestricted bot can do whatever a human can?

That's the first line of defense to never forget

Yeah, it was a bot that was theoretically supposed to promote my channel along with others by cross-posting in participating channels. I know I fell for a scam, but I never imagined a simple bot would have the technical capability to remove the channel damn OWNER!.