Telemessage is a signal clone used by U.S. government officials, which has been hacked
Telemessage is a signal-based encrypted messaging application that has been reportedly suspended for “a lot of caution” after hackers gained access to U.S. government communications.
TV shows hit the spotlight earlier this month after U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz was photographed at President Trump’s cabinet meeting at the White House. A closer inspection of the image shows Waltz is using Telemessage on his smartphone.
As you may remember, Waltz was a member of the Trump administration, who accidentally invited reporters to conduct a signal chat, in which a highly sensitive military action against Houthis was being discussed, putting U.S. service personnel at risk.
Security SNAFU, many commentators questioned why U.S. officials first used the signal for government business because it was not approved for sending classified information.
But now it seems that U.S. officials have decided to turn to Telemessage, a little-known Israeli company, which provides a modified signal version for message archives.
Therefore, the latest development – triggering vulnerabilities in remote information to extract messages and other details from users of the application
404 Media The report said the data stolen by the hacker included not only chats sent using their signal clones, but also versions of its WhatsApp, Telegram and Wechat.
Although messages sent by U.S. cabinet members through Telemessage were not included in the hacker’s transport, data that violated the data did include the content of the message, the contact information of government officials, and the back-end login certificate for the TV show. Additionally, data with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, financial service providers, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection are also damaged.
All of this is highly recommended for telecommunications to be no Perform end-to-end encryption correctly in its archived chat logs.
Telemessage, owned by Smarsh, said it has paused the application, while it investigated security vulnerabilities:
“After discovery, we took quick action to control it and interacted with external cybersecurity companies to support our investigation,” the company said in a statement. “All remote service services have been temporarily suspended out of prudence. All other Smarsh products and services remain fully operational.”
Regardless of the findings of security violations, it would have little impact on Mike Waltz. He has no future as a U.S. national security adviser.
Last week, Waltz left his post as the nominee for the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations because security violated the security of the signal.
