WhatsApp. The largest messaging network on the planet is seen by many, rightfully so, as a service that does not offer security for the data that users transfer between themselves from mobile phones, and not only that. Well, the French government wasn't happy with WhatsApp either, so it decided to create its own messaging network, only it managed to make a mockery of its creation, hacked in just 90 minutes by to a researcher in computer security.
WhatsApp. The Facebook application was replaced by the French government with a network called Tchap, it being dedicated to government communications, which should have been done safely between employees, to transfer encrypted information. The French government made this decision after many employees were using WhatsApp to transfer documents and information, but Tchap was hacked in just 90 minutes, probably a record time for such a platform.
WhatsApp. REPLACED by a SPARTA Network in 90 minutes
WhatsApp. The big security problem was that although the creation of accounts in the platform was only allowed with emails of the type @gouv.fr or @elysee.fr, the researcher managed to create an account using an email address fs0c131y@ protonmail.com@presidence@elysee.fr. With the help of the Tchap account, the researcher was able to access the platform and read the conversations that the various employees of the French state had in the virtual rooms, something that was impossible with WhatsApp.
The Tchap project promised end-to-end encryption for messages which are stored on French servers with access strictly restricted to government officials. Yet within just 90 minutes of release, French security researcher Robert Baptiste had blown a great big hole through the supposedly super secure application.
WhatsApp. The "secure" conversation platform of the French government is based on an open source project called Riot, and after analyzing it, it was possible to break into the communication system and read the information published there by government officials. Tchap had a quick solution to the problem by those responsible for its administration, and French government officials talked to the researcher after he revealed the problem, WhatsApp still seems like a better alternative.
WhatsApp. Although Facebook's messaging platform is clearly far from the ideal location to discuss confidential information at the government level, it seems that the alternatives are not better either.
