Signal application Archives

AppWizard

March 27, 2025

Pentagon issued Signal warning before Trump war group chat leak: Report

Pentagon officials issued a warning about the Signal messaging application after The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently included in a group chat with high-ranking Trump administration officials discussing sensitive military strategies, including potential airstrikes in Yemen. An email disclosed a "vulnerability" in Signal, stating that the app is a target for Russian hacking groups that exploit its "linked devices" feature to monitor conversations. The email advised against using Signal for storing nonpublic unclassified information, although it can be used for "unclassified accountability/recall exercises." President Trump and Senators Mark Warner and Angus King commented on the situation, with concerns raised about the potential risks to national security. The administration is reviewing the incident, but no officials have indicated plans to resign.

AppWizard

March 25, 2025

NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat

The National Security Agency (NSA) issued an operational security bulletin in February 2025, warning employees about vulnerabilities in the encrypted messaging application Signal. This alert followed an incident where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accidentally shared sensitive war plans in a Signal chat shortly before U.S. military operations in Yemen. The bulletin labeled Signal as a high-value target for interception and highlighted the sophistication of Russian hacking groups using phishing tactics to breach encrypted conversations. NSA personnel were instructed not to share sensitive information via third-party messaging applications and to avoid connections with unknown individuals. National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe testified before a Senate panel, affirming that no classified information was exchanged in the chat, but the NSA emphasized that even unclassified information should not be shared on Signal. Ratcliffe defended Signal as an approved communication tool, while both officials denied knowledge of operational details related to the military strike.