TeleMessage Breach Exposes Sensitive Government Communications

A significant security breach at TeleMessage—a provider of modified messaging apps for U.S. officials—has uncovered sensitive direct messages and personal data. The hack underscores persistent vulnerabilities in government-secured communications, forcing officials to scramble for solutions as their supposedly secure digital channels turn into a rather messy open book.

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10 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

yeah, this one arstechnica.com/security/202...

10 months / bsky / @unverified.site / unverified.site

BTW this is a pretty good sign that their message logging fails open rather than closed. Means you can bypass the logging by blocking the IP and/or port

10 months / bsky / @sunshowers.io / sunshowers.io

TeleMessage apps are not approved for use by federal employees, and yet they seem to be proliferating. Leaked data reportedly from TM Signal indicates that multiple US Customs and Border Protection agents may be using the Signal lookalike.

10 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

#Signal Clone Used by Mike #Waltz Pauses Service After Reports It Got Hacked. The communications app TeleMessage, which was spotted on former US national security adviser Mike Waltz’s phone, has suspended “all services” as it investigates reports of at l

10 months / bsky / @whodat35.bsky.social / whodat35.bsky.social

Signal clone used by Trump official stops operations after report it was hacked

10 months / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

Signal Clone Used by Mike Waltz Pauses Service After Reports It Got Hacked

10 months / wired / Lily Hay Newman

Signal chat app clone used by Signalgate's Waltz was apparently an insecure mess

10 months / theregister / Thomas Claburn

Signalgate: Modified Signal App Used by Former National Security Advisor Was Hacked https://gizmodo.com/signalgate-modified-signal-app-used-by-former-national-security-advisor-was-hacked-2000598182

10 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Signalgate: Modified Signal App Used by Former National Security Advisor Was Hacked gizmodo.com/signalgate-m...

10 months / bsky / @ohorrorohorror.bsky.social / ohorrorohorror.bsky.social

Unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials investigates hack

10 months / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Signalgate: Modified Signal App Used by Former National Security Advisor Was Hacked

10 months / gizmodo / Laura Newcombe

The modified Signal app used by Mike Waltz was reportedly hacked

10 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Hacker breaches TeleMessage system used by US officials, raising security concerns

10 months / techspot

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