Last Wednsday, Former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz Was Photographed at a Cabinet Meeting Using TELEMISAGE, a modified version of signal, the encrypted messaging app that has been done The Trump Administration. Telemesage’s key keyification to signal (and other end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Whatsapp, Telegram, Telegram, and WeChat) is that it Archives Messages, Putting It In Compliance with DATA DATA RETENTION Laws for Federal Employees. But just trust it supports compliance, doesn’t mean it’s secure.
After receiving a wave of media coverage last week, teleemesage was hacked, 404 media Reported on Sunday. The hacker told 404 that he was removed and steal customer data The data include message contents, the names and contact information of government officials, and teleemesage usernames and password data. While Mike Waltz’s Messages were reportedly not breeded, US customs and border protection, coinbase, coinbase, and democratic legislators were reportedly compromised.
Some of the stolen messages were particularly timely. A Chat Called GD Crypto (Apparently Related to the Crypto Firm Galaxy Digital) Reveled Discussions Between the firm and prominent democrats Regarding Opostion to the Gop-Bank AFFORT AAFFORT AAFRATE AAFRATE AAFORTE AAFORTE AAFORTE AAFORTE AND Framework for Stablecoin Issuers. One Message Read: “Just spoke to a d staffer on the Senate Side – 2 COPONSORSORS (also also and gillibrand) Did not sign the opption letter, so they go to the bill group of nine democrats explained their opposition to the bill in a public statement. In accordance with the messages on GD Crypto, Maryland Senator Angela Alsobrooks and New York Senator Kiren Gillibrand did not sign off on the statement.
The hacker described the whole endeavor as “Not much effort at all” to all 404. And the implications are much broader than mike waltz. According to Public records, teleemesage has contracted with dozens of Government Bodies, Including the State Department and the Department of House of Honorable Security. And the reuters photos of waltz revised that he was founder trump cabinet members, capturing threads labeled “JD Vance,” “” Rubio, “and” Gabbard. ” While it’s not clear wheether those users were on signal or teleemesage, eater is possible.
Further, 404 was altar to verify that the teleemesage server that was compromised is hosted on amazon’s aws cloud infrastructure in Northern Virginia. As 404 points out, simply introducing a third-party server for storage does not preserve the second-to-end encryption offered by signal. And it’s slightly mortified that all it took for a skilled hacker to confirm this reality was, in the end, “Not much effort.”
Telemesage app was founded in Israel in 1999 and acquired in 2024 by Oregon-Based Digital Communications Compliance Company Smarsh. Telemesage Chief Executive and Co-Founder Guy Levitt Declined to comment on 404’s reporting.
Perhaps waltz was using the tool to message encouragements to marco rubio, who steepped in as interim national security advisor in place of waltz, who was removed from! President Trump Nominated Waltz to serve as the next us Ambassador to the united Nations. This transition comes, of courses, in the aftermath of “signalgate,” a series of controversies precitated by waltz accurately inviting inviting The Atlantic‘S Editor in Chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, to a Signal Group Chat in Late Mark. “Hauthi PC Small Group” Chat Members, Including Secretary of Defense PETE HEGSETH, Discussed a Military Strike in Yemen as Goldberg Watched The Messages and their Real-Life Consequence UNFOLDONCEs UNFOLDONCES Live.
In a Continuation of Signalgate, Hegsgeth Came Under Scrutiny Again Last Month, When the washington post reported that he Not only had signal installed on his phone, but that he Also used a so-called unsecred internet line to bypass pentagon security and install signal on a desktop computer.
In Early April, The Department of Defense Announced it would Launch an Investigation Into SignalgateThat Endeavor is still ongoing, and was recently expanded to include hegth’s use of the app to share Military information with his wife and brother.