'Safe' chat app Confide leaky as a sieve

washington - The creators of the chat app Confide are proud by many government officials in Washington, D.C. to be used as a secure means of communication, but according Cyber ​​Coop there is a lot to be desired. The website has a search of IOActive showing that there are multiple risky holes in the software.

It is inter alia possible to simulate users and chat in their name, to pry sensitive information from users and to break into calls to decrypt encrypted messages that way. Confide the problems are of such a nature that IOActive, a research group from Seattle, officials and journalists discourages use the app yet.

It is not clear whether there actually has been an abuse of weaknesses in Confide. According to insiders Confide is often used lately by people who are involved in the administration of President Donald Trump. They would have the app include used to leak sensitive information about the new US president to the press.