The clone, TeleMessage, was the subject of a reported hack in which the contents of some direct messages and group chats were stolen.

A hacker breached TeleMessage, a company that sells a modified version of Signal to the US government. Mike Waltz was spotted using it last week.

The communications app TeleMessage, which was spotted on former US national security adviser Mike Waltz's phone, has suspended “all services” as it investigates reports of at least one breach.

A phone app that Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, apparently used to save his text messages has temporarily suspended its services as it investigates a cybersecurity incident,

An encrypted messaging app used by the Trump administration temporarily suspended its operations Monday after suffering a massive hack. TeleMessage, a platform that archives messages sent through apps like Signal,