Data pertaining to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Coinbase, and financial service providers like Scotiabank has reportedly been compromised.

TeleMessage, an encrypted messaging app based upon Signal, has been temporarily suspended out of "an abundance of caution" after a hacker reportedly gained access to US government communications.

In a continuation of Signalgate, Hegsgeth came under scrutiny again last month, when the Washington Post reported that he not only had Signal installed on his phone, but that he also used a so-called unsecured internet line to bypass Pentagon security and install Signal on a desktop computer.