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Phone app Mike Waltz was photographed using is investigating a hack

Secretary Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz meet with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Ukrainian Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, and Ukrainian Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 11, 2025. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett)

By Sean Lyngaas

A phone app that Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, apparently used to save his text messages has temporarily suspended its services as it investigates a cybersecurity incident, a spokesperson for the app’s parent company told CNN on Monday.

TeleMessage, which makes software for preserving and organizing messages sent via Signal and other mobile apps, is responding to a “recent security incident” and has hired an external cybersecurity firm to help investigate, a spokesperson for Oregon-based digital communications firm Smarsh told CNN.

“Out of an abundance of caution, all TeleMessage services have been temporarily suspended. All other Smarsh products and services remain fully operational,” the Smarsh spokesperson said.

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