logo

Russian hackers are targeting private Signal and Whatsapp chats

ID: a6550050-3835-5f25-942d-96dd0bced867

STIX ID: report--a6550050-3835-5f25-942d-96dd0bced867

Feed Name: DataBreaches.Net

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-03-09

Date Updated: 2026-05-13

Author: Dissent

...
...

Dutch intelligence services (AIVD and MIVD) warn that Russian state-linked hackers are actively targeting Signal and WhatsApp accounts of senior officials, military personnel, civil servants and journalists globally, using social-engineering—such as impersonating a Signal support chatbot—to trick victims into revealing verification and PIN codes and thereby seize control of accounts; some Dutch government employees have been targeted and in some cases compromised.

Your team is not currently subscribed to this feed. You must subscribe to it in order to see this post.