Security News > 2025 > February > Hackers Exploit Signal's Linked Devices Feature to Hijack Accounts via Malicious QR Codes
2025-02-19 16:59
Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors have been observed targeting individuals of interest via the privacy-focused messaging app Signal to gain unauthorized access to their accounts. "The most novel and widely used technique underpinning Russian-aligned attempts to compromise Signal accounts is the abuse of the app's legitimate 'linked devices' feature that enables Signal to be used on multiple
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