{"id":7732,"date":"2026-04-27T04:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/7732\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T04:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:08:13","slug":"russia-suspected-of-sweeping-signal-hack-attack-on-german-officials-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/7732\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia suspected of sweeping Signal hack attack on German officials"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Russia<\/p>\n

Russia allegedly launched a wide-scale phishing attack on the Signal app targeting Germany’s high-profile politicians, diplomats and military officers, officials said.<\/p>\n

Russia allegedly launched a wide-scale phishing attack through the Signal app<\/a> targeting Germany\u2019s high-profile politicians, diplomats and military officers.<\/p>\n

While the exact number of victims is unclear, German media estimates that at least 300 accounts belonging to political figures were targeted, with even several cabinet members affected, according to the German Press Agency, dpa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe number of unreported cases will continue to rise in the coming days,\u201d said Konstantin von Notz, an MP who serves as deputy chief of the intelligence oversight committee, to AFP.<\/p>\n

\"High-ranking<\/p>\n

High-ranking Germany politicians were among those targeted in a phishing attack allegedly orchestrated by Russia. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cAt present, no one can say with any certainty whether the integrity of MPs\u2019 communications is still guaranteed,\u201d he ssaid.<\/p>\n

Germany believes that the cyberattack<\/a>, which also targeted Berlin\u2019s high-profile journalists, was orchestrated by Russia, government sources told Reuters.<\/p>\n

Berlin has served as one of Ukraine\u2019s biggest providers of military aid, with Germany frequently targeted by suspected Russian espionage and sabotage plots<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The hackers allegedly sent messages to the targets posing as \u201cSignal Support,\u201d where they would ask the officials to enter their PIN, click on a link or scan a specific QR code.<\/p>\n

Once the targets complied, the hackers gained access to the victim\u2019s chats and address books, dpa reported.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The phishing scheme was launched through the Signal messaging app, with the breach giving the hackers access to chats and address books. NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n

German federal \u200cprosecutors \u2060said they have been investigating the phishing attack since mid-April, while declining to provide further details.<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s domestic \u2060intelligence service BfV and \u200bits cybersecurity office BSI had warned earlier this year that state-sponsored actors could launch attacks on messaging apps such as Signal in the near future.<\/p>\n

Moscow has repeatedly denied allegations of spying and sabotage in other countries.<\/p>\n

With Post wires<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russia allegedly launched a wide-scale phishing attack on the Signal app targeting Germany’s high-profile politicians, diplomats and military…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1168,5,7632,1831,7564],"class_list":{"0":"post-7732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-german-press-agency","9":"tag-germany","10":"tag-phishing-attack","11":"tag-russia","12":"tag-signal-app"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}