FBI Director Kash Patel warned that cyber actors linked to Russian intelligence services were scamming Signal users.

Earlier this month, the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service along with General Intelligence and Security Service warned of a “large-scale global cyber campaign” targeting government officials and journalists, carried out through the attempted hacking of their Signal messaging accounts. Patel confirmed and warned users of the attacks, some of which have targeted “current and former U.S. government officials,” in a Friday statement.