A recent security breach of TeleMessage, a service providing modified versions of encrypted messaging apps, exposed sensitive data of U.S. government officials and private companies. Although the messages of cabinet members were reportedly not compromised, the hacker managed to access archived messages, contact information of officials, and backend login credentials. The breach highlighted that archived chats from the modified Signal app were not end-to-end encrypted, raising serious security concerns about the handling of sensitive data by TeleMessage, owned by Smarsh.
The recent hack of TeleMessage, which archives messages from encrypted apps like Signal, exposed critical vulnerabilities in data security, affecting government officials and corporations.
The vulnerability in TeleMessage revealed that archived chat logs were not end-to-end encrypted, allowing a hacker to extract sensitive information from U.S. government officials.
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