US EditionFederal Agencies Urge Shift Away from SMS for Authentication After Major Telecom Hack
- The U.S. cybersecurity watchdog CISA advises senior government officials and politicians to switch to end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Signal due to telecom breaches linked to Chinese hackers.
- CISA urges highly targeted individuals to review and apply best practices for mobile communication security, emphasizing the use of end-to-end encryption.
- One key recommendation is to use only end-to-end encrypted communications for secure messaging.
- The guidance warns against using SMS for multi-factor authentication, stating that it is not encrypted and can be intercepted.
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With the discovery this week of a new potential threat from Chinese hackers, the federal government issued one of its strongest warnings yet, saying Americans - especially government officials and other "highly targeted" individuals - need to ensure their communications are protected from eavesdropping and interception.
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Federal Agency Urges High-Level US Officials to ‘Immediately’ Switch to Encrypted Apps - The Thinking Conservative
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"The FBI says you should stop texting" sounds like something your estranged uncle would post on Facebook about, but it's actually true: Both the FBI and CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) are sounding the alarm around certain texting platforms, and, in some cases, phone calls themselves. To simply leave it at that, however, would be massively misleading. America's security agencies don't think you should do all your communicat…
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