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An AI-powered impersonation of Secretary of State Marco Rubio has raised alarm at the U.S. State Department after attempts were made to deceive several high-ranking officials. What Happened: An unknown actor used artificial intelligence to impersonate Rubio, creating a Signal account under the name...

A second private Signal group chat involving Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly surfaced, revealing that he shared sensitive details about a military strike in Yemen with members of his family and personal legal team. What Happened: Hegseth shared classified information regarding the...

Signal, an open-source platform that is similar to Meta Platforms, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:META) WhatsApp, is defending its reputation as the "gold standard" in encrypted messaging after an internal Pentagon advisory and an accidental leak of classified Trump-era war plans reignited concerns about the...

The Trump administration found itself in hot water on Monday after a journalist reported that he had accidentally been added to a group chat on the app Signal alongside high-level officials discussing confidential military operations. What is Signal, the platform Vice President JD Vance and...

The Donald Trump administration’s national security team accidentally leaked highly sensitive war plans to a journalist, exposing a major security breach in their communication practices. What Happened: On Monday, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, revealed that he was...

Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, is blocking links to Signal.me, a URL shortener used by the private messaging app Signal. What Happened: Users attempting to share Signal.me links via public posts, direct messages, or profile pages on X are now encountering errors. This was first reported by the...

In the wake of posts from Elon Musk regarding alleged vulnerabilities in the Signal messaging app, its president, Meredith Whittaker, has been working tirelessly to manage the situation. What Happened: A social media post from Musk in May about supposed “known vulnerabilities” in the...

The European Union is set to vote on a controversial proposal that could potentially undermine encryption by allowing the scanning of private communications for illegal content. This has been slammed by Elon Musk-backed Signal app, and encrypted email provider, Proton. What Happened: The EU Council...

Matthew Green, a cryptography professor at Johns Hopkins University, has expressed his concerns about the security of Telegram compared to Signal. Green’s concerns have now been endorsed by Signal president Meredith Whittaker. What Happened: Over the weekend, Green took to...

Elon Musk got fact-checked on his own social media platform, X, formerly Twitter, after he raised concerns about the security of messaging app Signal. What Happened: On Tuesday, Musk took to X to express his doubts about the security of the Signal messaging app, citing "known vulnerabilities." "...

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), faced intense questioning by the Federal Trade Commission or FTC over his alleged use of the encrypted messaging app Signal and its auto-delete feature. What Happened: Last week, FTC accused Bezos and other top...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has donated to and promoted secure messaging app Signal to take on Mark Zuckerberg's WhatsApp, but it's another rival that is closing the gap with the Meta Platforms Inc.-owned service. What Happened: Telegram Messenger creator Pavel Durov revealed that his messaging app...

Conservative media personality and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has dismissed the notion that Signal is secure, alleging that it is not possible to prevent the big intel services from reading your texts or hearing on your calls. What Happened: Carlson made the allegation during an...

This story was first published on the Benzinga India portal. Mark Zuckerberg-led tech behemoth Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is reportedly anxious over the implications of India's fresh Telecommunications Bill on widely-used apps such as WhatsApp and Signal. According to a report...

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on Thursday shed light on his company's controversial practices in his testimony regarding borrowing from assets held as collateral for margin positions in crypto exchange FTX for trading in Alameda Research. Bankman-Fried stated unequivocally, "I...