Russian-linked hackers are trying to break into the Signal and WhatsApp accounts of government officials, journalists, and military personnel globally – not by cracking encryption, but by simply tricking people into handing over the keys.
That’s the warning issued Monday by the Netherlands’ intelligence and military security agencies, the AIVD and MIVD, which say a “large-scale” Russian cyber campaign is actively targeting Signal and WhatsApp accounts. The goal isn’t to defeat the apps’ end-to-end encryption, but to take over the accounts themselves and quietly read whatever conversations are inside.
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Source: The Register News
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