群聊门"发酵引Signal下载量激增 白宫称泄密调查已结案
美国"群聊门"泄密事件持续引发关注。白宫新闻秘书莱维特3月31日宣布，针对总统国家安全事务助理华尔兹卷入敏感军事信息外泄事件的调查已结束，华尔兹将继续留任。
事件导致Signal应用下载量飙升。据Appfigures数据，消息曝光首日下载量激增26%，次日达19.3万次，创历史新高，远超日均9.5万次的水平。美国及也门地区下载量分别暴涨45%和42%。
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In many cases, the content resembled that of the marketplaces found on the dark web, a group of hidden websites that are popular among hackers and accessed using specific anonymising software.“We have recently been witnessing a 100 per cent-plus rise in Telegram usage by cybercriminals,” said Tal Samra, cyber threat analyst at Cyberint.The rise in nefarious activity comes as users flocked to the encrypted chat app earlier this year after changes to the privacy policy of Facebook-owned rival WhatsApp prompted many to seek out alternatives.
Launched in 2013, Telegram allows users to broadcast messages to a following via “channels”, or create public and private groups that are simple for others to access. Users can also send and receive large data files, including text and zip files, directly via the app.The platform said it has more than 500m active users, and topped 1bn downloads in August, according to data from SensorTower.在花软件新闻投稿频道 from es