Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, accidentally joined a Signal group chat among high-ranking Trump administration officials discussing military plans for strikes in Yemen. The chat included notable figures and was active just hours before the actual bombing took place. This incident revealed a significant lapse in security protocols since discussions of classified military operations should not occur on unapproved messaging platforms. National-security experts highlighted the risks posed by sharing sensitive information on consumer apps, particularly given Signal's vulnerabilities if user devices are compromised.
By discussing military activity on unapproved devices outside of secure facilities, they created the possibility that one of their devices could be lost or stolen, with all of the information exposed.
According to national-security lawyers Goldberg consulted, the app isn't approved for sharing classified information, and the chat never should've been established in the first place.
Goldberg says he's unsure how he was added or how no one on the thread noticed his presence.
Discussions of classified military plans are generally not supposed to take place on consumer messaging apps.
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