The messaging app seen in use by Mike Waltz suspended service after hackers claimed to have breached it. But how many hackers gained access to it? On May 5, NBC News reported:
TeleMessage, the app that President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Mike Waltz, appeared to use to archive his group chats, has suspended all services after hackers claimed to have stolen files from it.
A spokesperson for Smarsh, the company that owns TeleMessage, said Monday that the company “is investigating a potential security incident. Upon detection, we acted quickly to contain it and engaged an external cybersecurity firm to support our investigation.”
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Separately, a different hacker told the tech news publication 404 Media that they had also hacked TeleMessage and provided significant evidence. NBC News has not interacted with that hacker.
It was not immediately clear if additional hackers have accessed TeleMessage files.
Read more at NBC.
