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Hackers are trying to steal Signal users’ backups in new wave of phishing attacks

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Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
55/100

Date Published: 2026-05-28

Date Updated: 2026-05-29

Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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Hackers are impersonating Signal Support to phish users into sharing their Secure Backups recovery keys, aiming to access and decrypt older chats, photos, and documents; several activists have been targeted, Signal warns it will never ask for registration codes, PINs, or recovery keys, and users are advised to store recovery keys securely.

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