Media: Criminals Accessed the Signal Account of the Head of the German Parliament
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Messenger services such as signal are considered to be very safe. Nevertheless, attackers manage to capture accounts. Federal constitutional protection warns against an active phishing campaign against high-level goals of politics, military and diplomacy. But it also affects ordinary citizens.
According to German media, cybercriminals accessed the Signal account of German Parliament President Julia Klöckner.
The attack on Julia Klöckner shows a fundamental problem: not technology, but users are the gateway to espionage in messenger services.
According to SPIEGEL information, the president of the Bundestag, Julia Klöckner, is one of the victims of the current wave of attacks on signal users.
Whirlpool around Signal: A phishing wave of attacks hits SPD members and apparently also Bundestag President Julia Klöckner. The constitutional protection warns against a "campaign".
Signal's encryption and infrastructure are functioning, however, there have been noticeable phishing attacks for several weeks. Apparently, a considerable number of people have been affected – including, allegedly, Bundestag President Julia Klöckner.
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