Going to DEFCON? See my talk, "We are currently clean on OPSEC": The Signalgate Saga
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Going to DEFCON? See my talk, "We are currently clean on OPSEC": The Signalgate Saga
Hacker Summer camp is upon us. If you're going to DEFCON, make sure to check out my talk! It's Saturday at 4pm. Here are the details: "We are cur...
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I wrote about how to turn in-person meetings into Signal groups, how to manage large semi-public Signal groups while vetting new members, and how to use announcement-only Signal groups, perfect for rapidly responding to ICE raids
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Using Signal groups for activism
Things are heating up. Millions of people are taking to the streets against Trump's rising authoritarianism. Communities around the US are organizi...
"As Elon Musk became one of Donald J. Trump’s closest allies last year, leading raucous rallies and donating about $275 million to help him win the presidency, he was also using drugs far more intensely than previously known"
On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama
As Mr. Musk entered President Trump’s orbit, his private life grew increasingly tumultuous and his drug use was more intense than previously known.
Check it out. I just published TeleMessage Explorer: a new open source research tool
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TeleMessage Explorer: a new open source research tool
I've spent the last week or two writing code to make sense of the massive hack of data from TeleMessage, the comically insecure company that makes ...
This is very good
My latest on the clean OPSEC saga: TeleMessage customers include DC Police, Andreesen Horowitz, JP Morgan, and hundreds more
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TeleMessage customers include DC Police, Andreessen Horowitz, JP Morgan, and hundreds more
πŸ’‘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
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DDoSecrets publishes 410 GB of heap dumps, hacked from TeleMessage's archive server
πŸ’‘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!)