Signal acknowledges a data breach affecting nearly 2,000 users

16 Aug. (Portaltic/EP) –

Signal has confirmed that some 1,900 users of its messaging application have been affected by the data breach resulting from the ‘phishing’ attack suffered by the communication service provider Twilio.

Twilio is a third-party company that provides Signal with a phone number verification service. Earlier this month, reported unauthorized access to their systems as a result of a “sophisticated” ‘phishing’ attack based on social engineering to steal the credentials of your employees.

The credentials gave the attackers access to internal Twilio systems and to the information of some of its clients, among which is Signal, the company responsible for the homonymous application focused on user privacy.

Now Signal has confirmed the data breach, which affects about 1,900 users of your app, and that can lead to attackers trying to register phone numbers on other devices to gain access to accounts.

The company ensures that data such as search history, profile information, contact list or even blocked people have not been affected by this security breach, as stated in a statement in his web page.

From Signal they point out that the security incident has affected “a very small percentage” of application users, with whom they have contacted so that re-register your number on your own devices and enable a record lock.