My latest on the clean OPSEC saga: TeleMessage customers include DC Police, Andreesen Horowitz, JP Morgan, and hundreds more

micahflee

TeleMessage customers include DC Police, Andreessen Horowitz, JP Morgan, and hundreds more

💡Update May 26, 2025: I've published the source code for TeleMessage Explorer: a new open source research tool I've been digging through the 41...

First article based on the TeleMessage dataset published by @npub1dp6g...xtp6 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hacker-who-breached-communications-app-used-by-trump-aide-stole-data-across-us-2025-05-21/

DDoSecrets publishes 410 GB of heap dumps, hacked from TeleMessage's archive server

micahflee

DDoSecrets publishes 410 GB of heap dumps, hacked from TeleMessage's archive server

💡Update May 21, 2025: I've written a new detailed analysis of the heap dump dataset itself: TeleMessage customers include DC Police, Andreessen ...

Here's how the TM SGNL server, which had access to plaintext chat logs from people like Mike Waltz, got hacked in about 20 minutes

WIRED

How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes

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...

(my first article in WIRED!)

I'm in this 15 minute episode of the Click Here podcast talking about the absurdity of the TeleMessage SGNL hack

Apple Podcasts

Mic Drop: Encrypted-ish: The problems with a Signal knockoff

Podcast Episode · Click Here · 05/16/2025 · 15m

Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants

VICE

Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants

Tesla is overstocked with Cybertrucks, the PS1 graphics-looking mobile monument to Elon’s deep lack of creativity.

DOGE bro Kyle Schutt's computer infected by malware, credentials found in stealer logs

micahflee

DOGE bro Kyle Schutt's computer infected by malware, credentials found in stealer logs

Kyle Schutt is a 37 year old "DOGE software engineer," according to ProPublica. In February, Drop Site News reported that he gained access to FEMA'...

Despite misleading marketing, Israeli company TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs. My findings are based on TM SGNL's source code, and they are corroborated by hacked data

micahflee

Despite misleading marketing, Israeli company TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs

💡Update May 18, 2025: I described TeleMessage's trivial vulnerability in an article for WIRED: How the knock-off Signal app used by Trump offici...

Always a comforting sign when someone who isn't you is searching for your email address in @npub1rqsm...83hv 🫠

New bug report opened in the TM SGNL github repo

GitHub

The group chat includes people that were never invited · Issue #1 · micahflee/TM-SGNL-Android

I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended I have...