The Signal Clone Mike Waltz Was Caught Using Has Direct Access to User Chats

The Signal Clone Mike Waltz Was Caught Using Has Direct Access to User Chats

A new analysis of TM Signal's source code appears to show that the app sends users' message logs in plaintext. At least one top Trump administration official used the app.

Despite Misleading Marketing, TeleMessage Can Access Plaintext Chat Logs – Pixel Envy

Micah Lee: Despite their misleading marketing, TeleMessage, the company that makes a modified version of Signal used by senior Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs from its customers. In this post I give a high level overview of how the TeleMessage fake Signal app, called TM SGNL, works and why it’s so insecure. Then I give a thorough analysis of the source code for TM SGNL’s Android app, and what led me to conclude that TeleMessage …

Analysis: TM SGNL, TeleMessage's modified version of Signal used by senior Trump officials, could send plaintext chat logs to TeleMessage's archive server

Micah Lee / micahflee: Analysis: TM SGNL, TeleMessage's modified version of Signal used by senior Trump officials, could send plaintext chat logs to TeleMessage's archive server  —  Despite their misleading marketing, TeleMessage, the company that makes a modified version of Signal used by senior Trump officials …

The Signal Clone Mike Waltz Was Caught Using Has Direct Access to User Chats – Monkey Viral

The communication app TeleMessage Signal, used by at least one top Trump administration official to archive messages, has already reportedly suffered breaches that illustrate concerning security flaws and resulted in its parent company imposing a service pause this week pending investigation. Now, according to detailed new findings from the journalist and security researcher Micah Lee, […]

TM SGNL, the obscure unofficial Signal app Mike Waltz uses to text with Trump officials

TL;DR - you can't run TM SGNL unless your organization is running TM SGNL