Maggie Miller and Dana Nickel
Lawmakers and experts are sounding the alarm after revelations that Cabinet members were using Signal to discuss war plans, saying the encrypted messaging app is still vulnerable to hacking.
The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg published a first-hand account on Monday detailing how he was mistakenly added to a Signal group chat where high-ranking Trump officials were discussing plans to conduct military strikes in Yemen. The Signal conversation included “precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing,” Goldberg said, describing the use of the open-source app to map out military strikes as “shocking recklessness.”
“I guess Signal is a few steps above leaving a copy of your war plan at the Chinese Embassy — but it’s far below the standards required for discussing any elements of a war plan,” said Mark Montgomery, senior director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
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