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Chiara Castro

Salt Typhoon: US cybersecurity watchdog urges switch to Signal-like messaging apps

A woman holding a mobile phone in front of the Signal logo displayed on a computer screen.

The US cybersecurity watchdog is urging citizens to use only secure end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Signal to secure mobile communications.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) shared a series of best practices on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, in the wake of the Salt Typhoon attack. This "unprecedented cyberattack" is thought to be the biggest intelligence compromise in US history, hacking at least eight US telecom companies to spy on citizens.

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