Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks
Russian intelligence-affiliated parties are posing as customer support services on commercial messaging applications such as Signal to compromise accounts and conduct phishing attacks, the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned last Friday.
The attacks target people with high intelligence value, like former government officials, military figures, politicians, and even journalists [We’re flattered – Ed] have snared thousands of individual accounts, allowing the Russians to read and send messages, and gather info from contact lists.
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