Politico says it has launched a security review after a private telephone conversation between one of its reporters and an EU official about issues connected to Hungary and Ukraine was apparently inte...
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Define "private".
If they were calling over normal telephone networks, that's only private as long as no one bothers to listen in.
If they were calling over Signal, someone has bothered quite a lot to listen in, and from one of the used devices.
If POLITICO confirms this was a Signal call, at least one end of the call was targeted.
If it was a regular phone call, anyone anywhere in between could have done this with a little effort. Side note: being a non-democratic state does reduce the amount of effort significantly.
That's a lot of "if"s, so I hope there will be follow-up from POLITICO.
Define "private".
If they were calling over normal telephone networks, that's only private as long as no one bothers to listen in.
If they were calling over Signal, someone has bothered quite a lot to listen in, and from one of the used devices.
If POLITICO confirms this was a Signal call, at least one end of the call was targeted.
If it was a regular phone call, anyone anywhere in between could have done this with a little effort. Side note: being a non-democratic state does reduce the amount of effort significantly.
That's a lot of "if"s, so I hope there will be follow-up from POLITICO.