A week after that #hack, the #CISA recommended that users "discontinue use of the product" barring any mitigating instructions about how to use the app from #Smarsh.
Jake Williams, a fmr #NationalSecurity Agency #cyber specialist, said that, even if the intercepted text messages were innocuous, the wealth of #metadata - the who & when of the #leaked conversations & chat groups - posed a #counterintelligence risk.
The White House said in a stmnt that it was "aware of the cyber security incident at #Smarsh" but didn't offer comment on its use of the platform. #State didn't respond. The #SecretService said #TeleMessage products had been used "by a small subset of Secret Service employees" & that it was reviewing the situation. #FEMA said in an email that it had "no evidence" that its info had been compromised. It didn't respond when sent copies of internal FEMA msgs.
Reuters could not ascertain how #TeleMessage had been used by each agency. The service - which takes versions of popular apps & allows their messages to be archived in line w/government rules - has been suspended since May 5, when it went offline "out of an abundance of caution." TeleMessage's owner, the Portland, Oregon-based digital communications firm #Smarsh, did not respond to requests for comments about the #leaked #data.
#Trump #NationalSecurity #Signalgate #Signal #InfoSec #idiocracy
Smarsh HQ (From their website) #PDX #Smarsh #Telemessage 851 SW 6TH AVE. SUITE 800 PORTÂLAND, OR 97204
Also "adorable" is the series of photos they posted about their mascot #Smarshian hanging around Washington DC like this one. #Smarsh #Telemessage #signalgate #mikewaltz
#PNW Folks, y'all know that #Smarsh is based in Portland, OR, right? Check your LinkedIn for friends.
Right now, it sucks to be them because they just bought #Telemessage a year ago, but that doesn't excuse them for not being helpful to the press and/or for being transparent. #PortlandOR #Smarsh
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vk7rduhvom3rq6dyluce5wzf/post/3lolykribok2y
I wonder if #Smarsh has filed a regulatory tip on itself for #telemessage yet ?
www.finra.org/contact-finr...
File a Tip
Just putting this out there.
Portland-based #Smarsh (who unfortunately for them bought #Telemessage a year ago) is a Platinum sponsor of the upcoming #FINRA conference May 13-15 in Washington, D.C. #SRO #SEC
www.finra.org/events-train...
2025 FINRA Annual Conference |...
Elect clowns and expect a circus. I expect the next dodgy app they move their conspiracy to will have similar problems, as these are not smart guys.
The reports I saw last night on Mastodon say Smarsh was not hard to hack.
