Signal accounts hacked: Here’s how to check whether you’re affected

Phone numbers of nearly 1900 Signal users were exposed in a data breach, after Twilio, the company that provides Signal with phone number verification services, suffered a phishing attack. It should be noted that Signal, is a popular messaging platform that gained massive popularity in India after WhatsApp in January 2021 made changes to its privacy policy where it mentioned that it would share user data with Facebook, this update was later reversed.

“1,900 users are a very small percentage of Signal’s total users, meaning that most were not affected. We are notifying these users directly, and prompting them to re-register Signal on their devices,” Signal said in a press statement.