Phone numbers and access codes of 1.9 thousand users of the American messenger Signal, which is called one of the most secure, fell into the hands of scammers. This was reported by Twilio, which provides Signal with phone number verification services..
Hacked as a result of a phishing attack. However, Twilio promptly stopped her.
Messenger's customer service team sent a notice to hacked users to deregister Signal on all devices. To regain access to your account, you must re-register with your phone number.
At the same time, all users can be sure that their message history, contact lists, profile information, blocked contacts list and other personal data are not affected and remain confidential, because this data is stored only on the user's device and Signal does not save copies of them..
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“Among the 1900 phone numbers, the attacker was clearly looking for three numbers, and we received a message from one of these three users that his account was re-registered,” the company said..
As previously reported, the popular Telegram messenger has launched a paid Premium subscription..
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