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Russian-backed hackers have gained access to Signal and WhatsApp accounts used ‌by officials, military personnel and journalists, as claimed by two intelligence agencies in the Netherlands. (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@libretechni.ca to c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub

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[–] mranderson17@infosec.pub 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"Despite their end-to-end encryption option, messaging apps such as Signal and WhatsApp should not be used as channels for classified, confidential or sensitive information," said MIVD director, Vice-Admiral Peter Reesink.

Hmm... quite a bit of issues in this statement. I wonder what they were instructed to use internally instead.