to retrieve precise location data and live video/audio feed from phones. The company was being piloted in local municipalities in Israel, and they planned for an international launch in November 2015.”
#TeleMessage #PragerU #Sigint #PROMIS #RobertMaxwell #IsabelMaxwell #ChristineMaxwell #AlSeckel
C’è un’app che il governo americano usa per le comunicazioni riservate, che nasconde un buco di sicurezza così elementare che un ricercatore si è detto "incredulo per la semplicità di questo exploit". Si chiama #TeleMessage, è un clone di #Signal e ora è nel mirino degli hacker che stanno […]
🚨 Hackers are actively exploiting a new flaw in #TeleMessage SGNL, a Signal clone app used by US government officials and agencies. The app was already breached in may 2025.
Details: hackread.com/telemessage-...
#CyberSecurity #Vulnerability #Privacy ##TeleMessageSGNL
#CISA warns the #Signal clone used by natsec staffers is being attacked, so #patch now
www.theregister.com/2025/07/02/c...
2x #vulnerability in #TeleMessage TM SGNL. #CVE202548927 & #CVE202548928.
#CyberSecurity #InfoSec #DataProtection #E2EE
CISA warns of active exploitation of vulnerabilities in TeleMessage TM SGNL. Organizations urged to apply patches or discontinue use by July 22, 2025. #CyberSecurity #CISA #TeleMessage #VulnerabilityAlert Link: thedailytechfeed.com/cisa-alerts-...
Oh my.
#TeleMessage
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"the comically insecure Israeli firm that makes the modified Signal app used by Trumpers."
Of course it’s bad to see banks and other gov using #telemessage, the crap #signal intermediary, but #a16z, also? If the techies over there are so damn smart shouldn’t they have known better? micahflee.com/telemessage-... #TheyReallyDontUnderstandTheSocialContract
Amazing work as always by @micahflee.com #opensource #telemessage
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»How the #Signal Knockoff App #TeleMessage Got #Hacked in 20 Minutes.« https://www.wired.co #tech #media #news
#TeleMessage, der obskure Anbieter, der Nachrichten von #WhatsApp #Signal #SMS #SGNL #WeChat und auch #Telegram archivierte hat KEINE Nachrichten von #Threema abgreifen können!
Soviel also zur "Sicherheit" von US #Messenger....
micahflee.com/telemessage-...
#Datenschutz #MetaAI #Privatsphäre
More on the #telemessage DUMP!
"... found a message sent to a Signal group called "US / China AI Race." The Signal group had 100 people in it. [... ] many of the group members hold prominent positions at major universities, the defense industry, and the military, [...]. "
#signalgate #ai
Because the ramifications of SignalGate were pretty close to nonexistent. If you don't actually punish these assholes, they're going to keep doing asshole shit forever. They're not going to do anything based on whether it's the moral, legal, logical, or smart thing to do.
#signalgate #telemessage
Hack of Signal App Clone Telemessage Hits US Responders, Diplomats; Data Stolen Across US Government
#CyberSecurity #DataBreach #USGovt #TeleMessage #SignalApp #NationalSecurity #CISA #Hacking #Privacy #InfoSec #GovTech #Signalgate #Signal
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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 […]
A #CBP spox repeated a past stmnt noting that it had disabled #TeleMessage & was investigating.
Federal contracting data shows that #State & #DHS have had contracts w/TeleMessage in recent years, as has the #CDC. A CDC spox told Reuters in an email that the agency piloted the software in 2024 […]
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 […]
One of the intercepted texts' recipients - an applicant for aid from #FEMA confirmed to Reuters that the #leaked message was authentic; a financial services firm whose messages were similarly intercepted also confirmed their authenticity.
Based on its limited review, Reuters uncovered nothing […]
Once little known outside government and finance circles, #TeleMessage drew media attention after an April 30 Reuters photograph showed #MikeWaltz checking TeleMessage's version of the privacy-focused app #Signal during a cabinet meeting.
While Reuters could not verify the entire contents of […]