A week after that #hack, the #CISA recommended that users "discontinue use of the product" barring any mitigating instructions about how to use the app from #Smarsh.
Jake Williams, a fmr #NationalSecurity Agency #cyber specialist, said that, even if the intercepted text messages were innocuous […]
The White House said in a stmnt that it was "aware of the cyber security incident at #Smarsh" but didn't offer comment on its use of the platform. #State didn't respond. The #SecretService said #TeleMessage products had been used "by a small subset of Secret Service employees" & that it was […]
Reuters could not ascertain how #TeleMessage had been used by each agency. The service - which takes versions of popular apps & allows their messages to be archived in line w/government rules - has been suspended since May 5, when it went offline "out of an abundance of caution." TeleMessage's […]
Smarsh HQ (From their website) #PDX #Smarsh #Telemessage
851 SW 6TH AVE.
SUITE 800
PORTLAND, OR 97204
Smarshian - the mascot for the company Smarsh - visits various places in Washington DC in advance of the FINRA Conference taking place there May 13-15. Smarsh is the company that owns Telemessage - the folks that brought you the unauthorized hacked Signal clone that keeps government communications in plain text.
Also "adorable" is the series of photos they posted about their mascot #Smarshian hanging around Washington DC like this one. #Smarsh #Telemessage #signalgate #mikewaltz
#PNW Folks, y'all know that #Smarsh is based in Portland, OR, right? Check your LinkedIn for friends.
Right now, it sucks to be them because they just bought #Telemessage a year ago, but that doesn't excuse them for not being helpful to the press and/or for being transparent. #PortlandOR #Smarsh
I wonder if #Smarsh has filed a regulatory tip on itself for #telemessage yet ?
www.finra.org/contact-finr...
Just putting this out there.
Portland-based #Smarsh (who unfortunately for them bought #Telemessage a year ago) is a Platinum sponsor of the upcoming #FINRA conference May 13-15 in Washington, D.C. #SRO #SEC
www.finra.org/events-train...
App used by Trump adviser Mike Waltz says it is temporarily suspending services following reported hack - live Oregon-based company Smarsh, which runs the TeleMessage app, said it was ‘investigating a potential security incident’ and was suspending all its services
Elect clowns and expect a circus. I expect the next dodgy app they move their conspiracy to will have similar problems, as these are not smart guys.
The reports I saw last night on Mastodon say Smarsh was not hard to hack.
#Signalgate #TeleMessage #Waltz #USPOL #Infosec #Smarsh
Acquisitions: #EA > #TRACABTechnologies; #Smarsh > #CallCabinet; #Sophos > #Secureworks; #TempusAI > #AmbryGenetics; #Worldpay> #Ravelin
Joint Venture: #KodyTechnolab & #PlatinumGroup
