French authorities are investigating a compromise of Tchap, the government’s secure messaging platform, after hackers hijacked a user account and gained access to public chat rooms. Tchap is the French government’s messaging platform for civil servants, ministries, and public agencies. Built on the open-source Matrix protocol, it was developed to keep government communications on infrastructure managed by the French state rather than foreign technology providers. The Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs (DINUM) said the incident … More →
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