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jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes

www.wired.com

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How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes

www.wired.com

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The company behind the Signal clone used by at least one Trump administration official was breached earlier this month. The hacker says they got in thanks to a basic misconfiguration.
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    Here’s a link to the original article (from the same author) on the platform you should actually subscribe to.

    https://www.404media.co/the-signal-clone-the-trump-admin-uses-was-hacked/

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      404 has a partnership with Wired. They are both great publications; I subscribe to both. So reading this work on Wired supports 404

      https://www.404media.co/404-media-is-partnering-with-wired/

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      Big 404 fan, but “original” is misleading. “First article on this topic” is more accurate. OPs link is arguably more interesting.

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        You might enjoy the full blog post from the author:

        https://micahflee.com/despite-misleading-marketing-israeli-company-telemessage-used-by-trump-officials-can-access-plaintext-chat-logs/

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          Mmmm that’s the stuff.

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      The Wired article is not based on the 404 article. This one goes into detail about the mechanics of the hack.

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      Non-paywall: https://archive.is/qwonI

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        How is archive working in general? Did you create this copy benevolently because you are a subscriber, or did someone else do it? How do you find such link then? Thanks

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          Websites publish the full article so that search engines and news readers pick it up, but then hide it with JavaScript so humans can’t see it. The archive doesn’t run JavaScript so it doesn’t get the blocked version

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