#Signalgate gets worse: The app used by Walz and company sent unencrypted chats and even security keys to an open server that was hacked. Who wants to guess whether it was hacked first by black hats? https://www.wired.com/story/tm-signal-telemessage-plaintext-message-archive/
The #Trump Administration Sure Is Having Trouble Keeping Its Comms #Private
In the wake of #SignalGate , a knockoff version of #Signal used by a high-ranking member of the Trump administration was #hacked. Today on Uncanny Valley, we discuss the platforms used for government #communications.
#security #privacy
https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-trump-administration-government-communications/
From my understanding of this settlement I think the Houthis had already effectively offered this deal to Biden and Trump.
Trump took office during a ceasefire in Gaza, during which time Yemen promised no new aggression in the Red Sea towards commercial ships.
Trump arbitrarily upped the tension with the signal gate bombings, meanwhile Israel broke the Gaza deal.
So this just rewinds the clock. Yemen says they will keep bombing Israel directly over the Gaza genocide 
Phase 5: Wir finden heraus, dass #TeleMessage Zugriff auf den Klartext aller geheimen Nachrichten hatte.
"TM Signal's archiving feature appears to fundamentally undermine Signal's flagship security guarantees, sending messages between the app and a user's message archive without end-to-end encryption, thus making users' communications accessible to TeleMessage."
#SignalGate
https://www.wired.com/story/tm-signal-telemessage-plaintext-message-archive/
The #Signal Clone the #Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
https://www.404media.co/the-signal-clone-the-trump-admin-uses-was-hacked/
"Wired" claims, " #TulsiGabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years"
But she's not in a sensitive job, right? Say it with me now?
"BUT HER EMAILS?" (10 yrs ago)
Private data of #Trump officials in #Signal scandal accessible online #SignalGate #PeteHegseth #MikeWaltz
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/27/donald-trump-us-signal-scandal-passwords
So look like TeleMessage has stopped their services (at least for now).
However this is going to be interesting problem to solve for all signal & other IM users. There could be other tools/apps that can come up (either cloning and adding functionality to the signal client itself or as a third party app running on the end points -- accessing the signal message data store-- ) performing similar things, like archiving chat contents and siphoning them off to remote systems...
The only way look like is to make sure that every end point is secure and safe, which is going to be herculean task.
www.wired.com/story/signal-clone-used-by-mike-waltz-pauses-service-after-reports-it-got-hacked/
#signal #SignalGate
#SignalGate épisode 372 : l’application #TeleMessage a été hackée
https://next.ink/brief_article/signalgate-episode-372-lapplication-telemessage-a-ete-hackee/
Après l’invitation d’un journaliste dans une boucle de discussion Signal, voilà que le conseiller à la sécurité de Donald Trump Michael Waltz se connecte à son compte TeleMessage, sous les yeux des caméras.
[…] L’entreprise israélienne TeleMessage, déclare permettre d’utiliser Signal tout en sauvegardant tous les échanges entrants et sortants à des fins d’archivage.
[…] Or, selon 404 media, TeleMessage a été hackée, permettant aux attaquants de récupérer des conversations de groupe utilisés via ses clones de #Signal, #WhatsApp ou encore #Telegram
Nun wird es etwas komplizierter. Ihr erinnert euch an #Signalgate?
Phase 1: Ein Journalist wird «aus Versehen» in einen sicherheitskritischen US-Militärchat auf #Signal eingeladen.
Phase 2: Wir lernen, dass derselbe Einlader auch militärische Infos in einem Familienchat teilt.
Phase 3: Wir finden heraus, dass dazu eine modifizierte Version der Signal-App verwendet wird.
Phase 4: Diese Version von #TeleMessage archiviert die Daten unsicher.
Etwas ausführlicher hier:
https://dnip.ch/2025/05/06/dnip-briefing-23-friends-fiction/#Signalgate-geht-in-die-zweite-Runde
»Security – Messaging app seen in use by Mike Waltz suspends service after hackers claim breach:
Mike Waltz seemed to use the app at last week's Cabinet meeting, according to a photograph published by Reuters.«
Bye grande bad dilantic clone and yes this is a good example of how security is NOT implemented in software development
> A security breach has emerged in the ongoing U.S. government Signal chat scandal, as a cloned version of the Signal app used by Trump administration officials was reportedly hacked in less than 30 minutes, raising further concerns about the handling of sensitive military information following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s controversial sharing of Yemen airstrike details in multiple unauthorized group chats.
#whiskyLeaks #signalGate #signal #infosec
https://www.perplexity.ai/page/hackers-access-signal-clone-us-uy1IO.yjSCqM.XSkrJczqA
Please (frantic running in background)
Be (stocks are dumped)
Patient (an admin is just blindly ripping cables)
While (CEO is desperately looking for a CISO to throw in front of a bus)
TeleMessage (Smarsh is distancing itself by trying to yeet TM into the Kuiper Belt)
Suspends “all services” (somebody is screaming “JUST SHUT IT ALL DOWN”!)
Via WSJ:
" #Hegseth used Signal more extensively for official Pentagon business than previously disclosed, engaging in at least 12 separate chats..
In one case, he told aides on the encrypted app to inform foreign governments about an unfolding military operation, the people said. He also used the nongovernmental message service to discuss media appearances, foreign travel, his schedule, and other unclassified but sensitive information, two people said. #SignalGate
https://thereport.be/article/?app=breaking&u=https%3A%2F%2Fon.wsj.com%2F4da8m2q
Trump's administration continues to use Signal in a less secure version, which has now been hacked.
Will other nations keep sharing top secret intelligence with the unintelligent?
#signalgate
#TeleMessage, an Israeli company that sells an unofficial #Signal message archiving tool used by some U.S. government officials, has suspended all services after reportedly being hacked. #CyberSecurity #SignalGate #hackingnews
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unofficial-signal-app-used-by-trump-officials-investigates-hack/
The current US government is incompetent at fiscal policy, trade, immigration, obeying the basic rule of law, diplomacy, human rights, civil services, military management, communication and everything else they have touched.
So why is anyone, _anyone_ at all shocked that they suck at information security?
Technical analysis of the unofficial Signal app Trump officials used:
Edit: just noticed that the author ^^ is on mastodon! @micahflee
Related reporting from @404mediaco @josephcox
https://www.404media.co/the-signal-clone-the-trump-admin-uses-was-hacked/
https://unicornriot.ninja/2025/signalgate-meets-wordpress-outgoing-national-security-advisers-phone-dumps-messages-via-israeli-app/
SignalGate Meets WordPress: Outgoing National Security Adviser’s Phone Dumps Messages via Israeli App
Our report from this weekend - an exclusive deep dive into the controversial archiving system #signalgate
Why is #SignalGate an ongoing and urgent issue?
BECAUSE THEY’RE STILL USING IT.
As of as recently as Wednesday.
I dug into it on #MSNBC with Katy Tur:
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