France probes compromise of gov messaging platform after account hijack
Private conversations, the government says, are encrypted, and their contents remain inaccessible even when an account is compromised. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Not everyone is buying that version of events. The post, shared by Dark Web Intelligence, also claimed user enumeration was possible through a directory search function and suggested the data included references to documents marked "Diffusion Restreinte," a French government restricted-distribution classification.
- ▪Private conversations, the government says, are encrypted, and their contents remain inaccessible even when an account is compromised.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Not everyone is buying that version of events.
- ▪The post, shared by Dark Web Intelligence, also claimed user enumeration was possible through a directory search function and suggested the data included references to documents marked "Diffusion Restreinte," a French government restricted-
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); security France probes compromise of gov messaging platform after account hijack Authorities say the breach only exposed public chat rooms, but alleged attacker claims to have accessed far more data Carly Page Carly Page Published tue 9 Jun 2026 // 12:27 UTC French officials are investigating a compromise of the government’s encrypted messaging service Tchap after attackers hijacked an account and gained access to public chat rooms.The incident came to light on June 7 when France's…
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