Customs and Border Protection Confirms Its Use of Hacked Signal Clone TeleMessage
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Summary
Israeli firm TeleMessage has developed a communication app, which the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed it had used for compliance with data-retention rules, though it has now been disabled due to a potential cyber incident.
Last week, photos revealed that former US national security adviser Michael Waltz was using the TeleMessage Signal at a cabinet meeting, leading to concerns that other officials, including the vice president and director of national intelligence, were also using the service.
This prompted a series of cyber breaches and concerns over the app’s security, leading the company to suspend all its products pending investigation.
TeleMessage is a federal contractor, though its software is not FedRAMP approved.
Sen Ron Wyden has called for a Department of Justice investigation, stating the software is “a serious threat to US national security.
