Signal clone used by federal agencies hit in attacks targeting major flaws - CISA says patch immediately
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- Hackers are actively targeting a messaging app used by federal agencies
- The app was also involved in the Signalgate scandal
- Hackers have already stolen chats and metadata from 60 government officials
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned a popular Signal messaging app clone being used by federal agencies is under attack.
The clone, TeleMessage, was found to have some serious issues, including a lack of proper end-to-end encryption.
Hackers have been exploiting two flaws, CVE-2025-48927 and CVE-2025-48928, to access federal chat logs and metadata. CISA has given federal agencies until July 22 to apply patches.



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