The company behind the Signal clone used by at least one Trump administration official was breached earlier this month. The hacker says they got in thanks to a basic misconfiguration.

Israel-based TeleMessage, owned by Smarsh, offers its clients a way to archive messages, including voice notes, from encrypted apps. The messages of cabinet members and Waltz were not compromised ...

TeleMessage drew media attention after a Reuters photograph showed Mike Waltz checking its version of Signal during a cabinet ...

Review finds texts from over 60 government employees in hack of TeleMessage public records compliance service after ex-Trump adviser Waltz spotted checking messages via application ...

Portland-based tech firm Smarsh has stopped offering a digital messaging app called TeleMessage, notably used by Trump administration official Mike Waltz, after hackers breached the app.

“Out of an abundance of caution, all TeleMessage services have been temporarily suspended. All other Smarsh products and services remain fully operational,” the Smarsh spokesperson sai ...

The full story is here. Portland-based Smarsh is in the eye of a national security storm with reports Sunday its TeleMessage business was hacked and messages — including those of former National ...

Messages seeking comment from TeleMessage and its corporate owner, Portland, Oregon-based Smarsh, were not immediately returned. Messages seeking comment from Waltz and the White House also weren ...

The app was founded in 1999 in Israel before it was acquired by the Portland, Oregon-based company Smarsh in a two-year process that closed in 2024. TeleMessage maintains an office in Israel.