This is possibly the most insane national security story in the last 50 years. Includes a massive text chain between senior members of the Trump admin gaming out foreign policy and war plans on Signal, and they accidentally added a reporter to the group chat.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ACCIDENTALLY TEXTED ME ITS WAR PLANS https://t.co/xfheTiqK5C
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) March 24, 2025



https://t.co/UDWZ86V89a
Some of the issues:
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 24, 2025
* Signal isn't an approved govt platform for classified info (anyone remember Hillary's emails?)
* Signal's disappearing-messages feature was enabled (apparent violation of federal records laws)
* Including a journalist in the group constitutes leaking
Earlier this year, Google's Threat Intelligence Group confirmed that several Russia state-aligned threat actors were working to compromise and target Signals users who were "individuals of interest" and had deployed multiple phishing campaigns. https://t.co/zuOU9y2Udf
