Signal

Encrypted messaging platform Signal has issued a warning to users following reports that hackers are targeting accounts through sophisticated scam campaigns. The alert comes after Dutch intelligence agencies revealed that a cyber operation believed to be linked to Russia had targeted prominent users of Signal and WhatsApp. According to officials, the attacks focused on individuals…

The encrypted-messaging app Signal has said it would stop providing services in the UK if a new law undermined encryption. If forced to weaken the privacy of its messaging system under the Online Safety Bill, the organisation “would absolutely, 100% walk” Signal president Meredith Whittaker told the BBC.The government said its proposal was not “a…