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Submission + - Signal Clone Used by Trump Administration Was Hacked 1

Submitted by bitwraith on Monday May 05, 2025 @10:17AM

bitwraith writes: "A hacker has breached and stolen customer data from TeleMessage, an obscure Israeli company that sells modified versions of Signal and other messaging apps to the U.S. government to archive messages, 404 Media has learned. The data stolen by the hacker contains the contents of some direct messages and group chats sent using its Signal clone, as well as modified versions of WhatsApp, Telegram, and WeChat. TeleMessage was recently the center of a wave of media coverage after Mike Waltz accidentally revealed he used the tool in a cabinet meeting with President Trump."

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Submission + - Pagers in Lebanon Explode in Alleged Cyberattack

Submitted by bitwraith on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @12:21PM

bitwraith writes: According to CNN, 2800 people in Lebanon were injured, and 8 killed, when pagers began exploding. Lebanese state media alleges that the pagers were sabotaged remotely by hackers. Video online purports to show a pager exploding in a man's bag while he is buying groceries. The explosions appear to have targeted two cities described as strongholds of Hezbolla, Ali Al-Nahri and Riyaq.

Submission + - Wifi-Control Apps for Quadcopter Drones Contain Spyware

Submitted by bitwraith on Sunday August 06, 2017 @10:53AM

bitwraith writes: I've had my hands on a few cheap, ready-to-fly quadcopters (Including an Oddysey drone and a few Eachine drones), and flown them primarily using the companion smartphone apps. I often turn off my phone's wifi support before plugging it in to charge at night, only to discover it has mysteriously turned on in the morning. After checking the Wifi Control History on my S7, it appears as though the various cookie-cutter apps for these drones wake up to phone home the night after they are opened, while the phone is charging. I tried contacting the publisher of the Oddysey VR app, with no reply. I would uninstall the app, but then how would I fly my drone? Why did Google grant permission to control wifi state implicitly to all apps, including these abusers? Are the apps phoning home to report my flight history? Have any Slashdot users with other (perhaps more expensive) drones had similar experiences?

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