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How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes

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How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago

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The company behind the Signal clone used by at least one Trump administration official was breached earlier this month. The hacker says they got in thanks to a basic misconfiguration.

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getting hacked in just 20 minutes due to a basic misconfiguration is alarming!
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  But not surprising.

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