The Pentagon set up a system in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office that enabled him to check messages on the encrypted messaging app Signal while at the office, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Two of the sources said the system bypasses standard Defense Department security protocols. A computer monitor in Hegseth’s office…
Pentagon reviewing Hegseth’s Signal usage What’s behind the Pentagon’s review of Hegseth’s Signal app usage? 03:28 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared classified details about impending U.S. airstrikes in Yemen with a private Signal group that included his wife, brother and personal attorney, according to sources familiar with the messages. The messages, sent on March 15,…
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 both flashed the dreaded “death cross” formation on Monday. The technical sell signal occurs when an index’s 200-day moving average rises above its 50-day moving average. It can signal a reversal in a prior trend — in this case, the two-year bull market in stocks. The development comes on…
Dozens of public officials in Lancaster County have said they don’t conduct government business over message-deleting apps like Signal. For now, the public will need to take them at their word. Experts warned during a March 24 state Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee hearing that there are no laws requiring officials to disclose their use of…
The Pentagon inspector general’s office said in a memo Thursday it will evaluate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal to discuss strikes against the Houthis in Yemen last month. “The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the Secretary of Defense and other DoD personnel complied with DoD policies and…
Topline President Donald Trump attacked the messaging app Signal on Wednesday evening while defending Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s role in reportedly sharing messages—which some Republicans believe contained classified information—with The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, as his administration attempts to downplay the leak. The Signal encrypted messaging application is seen on a mobile device with an image of…
The Signal encrypted messaging app is seen on a mobile device with the Department of Defense logo in … More the background in this illustration photo; (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images The unfolding story of how and why national security and other officials of the Trump administration used the…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Signal chat furore may push US workers to China’s side, Democrat warns A senior Democrat linked political fallout from US President Donald Trump’s top officials’ use of Signal to…
Senior government officials mistakenly invited the editor in chief of the Atlantic to a group chat on the messaging app Signal, where the focus of conversation was U.S. airstrikes against rebel groups in Yemen. The app’s use by high-ranking national security officials has raised the question: Just how secure is Signal anyway? On March 11,…
Shortly after senior Trump administration officials discussed and celebrated the bombing of Yemen in an encrypted group chat that, unbeknownst to them, included the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, a subset of the group feasted at an opulent, secret dinner featuring the president where guests were asked to pay $1 million apiece to snag a seat….