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Malicious QR codes were used to establish a separate device as a 'linked device' which would allow the attacker to receive and read Signal messages sent to and from the target
This tracks. Signal claims to have your phone number and logs on the last time that number accessed the service.
They could not generate new access codes via Twilio when certain patterns are detected and still be within that known data.