Signal and WhatsApp accounts of officials and journalists hacked
The Netherlands warned that the Signal and WhatsApp accounts of officials and journalists had been compromised by Russian-backed hackers. After thousands of Signal account hacks were later confirmed, the FBI issued an alert. Germany investigated Signal hacks targeting political circles.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Thousands of Signal accounts and messaging accounts of officials and journalists compromised
- Cause / method
- Compromise of messaging accounts by Russian-backed hackers
- Location
- Other countries
Timeline
- The Netherlands warned that Russian-backed hackers had compromised the Signal and WhatsApp accounts of officials and journalists.
- After thousands of Signal account hacks were confirmed, the FBI issued an alert.
- It emerged that Germany was investigating Signal hacks targeting political circles.
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