Software program engineer and former journalist for The Intercept Micah Lee ultimately managed to search out the supply code for TM SGNL, uncovering not less than one critical vulnerability, using hardcoded credentials.
That raised an apparent query mark concerning the app’s safety. Nonetheless, since then he and journalist Joseph Cox had been contacted by a hacker who offered proof that the corporate behind TM SGNL, TeleMessage, had itself suffered a knowledge breach, they alleged in a report for 404media.
“The info stolen by the hacker comprises the contents of some direct messages and group chats despatched utilizing its Sign clone, in addition to modified variations of WhatsApp, Telegram, and WeChat,” Lee and Cox wrote.
