Hackers Exploit Signal’s Linked Devices Feature to Hijack Accounts via Malicious QR Codes

Hackers Exploit Signal’s Linked Devices Feature to Hijack Accounts via Malicious QR Codes











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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