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Signal no longer cooperating with Ukraine on Russian cyberthreats, official says
The encrypted messaging app Signal has stopped responding to requests from Ukrainian law enforcement regarding Russian cyberthreats, a Ukrainian official claimed, warning that the shift is aiding Moscow’s intelligence efforts.
Speaking to Recorded Future News on the sidelines of the Kyiv cyber forum, Demediuk said that Ukraine used “an official communication channel” to reach out to Signal about how the app is being abused by Russians, including for phishing attacks and account takeovers targeting Ukrainian users. Earlier in September, Telegram updated its terms of service, stating that it would begin disclosing the IP addresses and phone numbers of users who violate the app’s rules to relevant authorities “in response to valid legal requests.” International programs backed by American agencies such as USAID have been halted, posing a “significant threat” to the work of independent media and fact-checking organizations, local cyber officials previously told Recorded Future News.
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