Customs and Border Protection Confirms Its Use of Hacked Signal Clone TeleMessage

The United States Customs and Border Protection agency confirmed on Wednesday that it uses at least one communication app made by the service TeleMessage, which creates clones of popular apps like Signal and WhatsApp with the addition of an archiving mechanism for compliance of records-retention rules. “Following the detection of a cyber incident, CBP immediately disabled TeleMessage as a precautionary measure,” CBP spokesperson Rhonda Lawson tells WIRED. “The investigation into the scope of the breach is ongoing.” President Donald Trump's now former national security adviser Mike Waltz was photographed last week using TeleMessage Signal during a cabinet meeting, and the photo seemed to show that he was communicating with other high-ranking officials, including Vice President JD Vance, US director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and what appears to be US secretary of state Marco Rubio. In the days since the photo was published, TeleMessage has reportedly suffered a series of ... Read full article.