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Kremlin targeted app used for Yemen war plans chat

The Hill 25 Mar 2025
Google Threat Intelligence Group said it had observed an increased effort by cyber actors associated with the Kremlin to compromise Signal accounts of interest to Russian intelligence in a February report.
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Kremlin targeting Signal app at heart of White House group chat leaks

The Daily Telegraph 25 Mar 2025
Researchers at Google Threat Intelligence Group said in February that APT44, a hacking group that has been linked by the UK and US to Russia’s military intelligence agency the GRU, had been seeking to gain access to Signal messages.
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Investigation after major White House security breach

RTE 25 Mar 2025
The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg said in a report yesterday that he was unexpectedly invited on 13 March to an encrypted chat group on the Signal messaging app called the "Houthi PC small group.".
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White House mistakenly shares Yemen war plans with journalist

Dawn 25 Mar 2025
The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg said in a report on Monday that he was unexpectedly invited on March 13 to an encrypted chat group on the Signal messaging app called the “Houthi PC small group”.
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White House mistakenly shares Yemen war plans with a journalist at The Atlantic

Korea Times 25 Mar 2025
The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg said in a report on Monday that he was unexpectedly invited on March 13 to an encrypted chat group on the Signal messaging app called the "Houthi PC small group."
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What is Signal? Messaging app at the center of Trump officials' leaked attack plans

Usatoday 25 Mar 2025
What is Signal and why are government officials using it? ... What is Signal? ... Who uses Signal? ... "The ongoing success of the Houthi operation demonstrates that there were no threats to troops or national security.”Signal cofounder pokes fun at leak.
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'Putin is giddy': NSA knew Signal was vulnerable to Russian hackers before security breach

Alternet 25 Mar 2025
Last month, a Google Threat Intelligence memo warned of the use of apps like Signal by “military personnel, politicians, journalists, activists, and other at-risk communities.”. Critics argue that the use of Signal for “war plans” was against policy.
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The Latest: Trump overhauls US elections in new executive order, including proof of citizenship

The Call 25 Mar 2025
“My communications to be clear in the Signal message group were entirely permissible and lawful and did not include classified information,” CIA Director John Ratcliffe told lawmakers during a Senate hearing on global security threats.
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Top Intel Democrat calls for Hegseth and Waltz to resign

The Hill 25 Mar 2025
... China and Russia, are trying to break into encrypted systems,” Warner said of the chat service Signal during his opening remarks during the Senate panel's annual worldwide threats hearing.
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Democrats demand Trump officials resign over chat on Ye

Hindustan Times 25 Mar 2025
Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff appeared to grow frustrated after Ratcliffe answered "I don't recall" to a series of questions about the content of the Signal chat ... If the phone itself isn't secure, all the Signal messages on that device can be read.".
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Scandal rocks Washington after military plans accidentally leaked via Signal

Egypt Independent 25 Mar 2025
Senior officials immediately rushed to review the use of Signal amid concerns that it was overly reliant on sensitive government business, posing a potential threat to US national security. Signal, ...
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Is the new US approach to Iran a pragmatic turn?

Middle East Monitor 25 Mar 2025
... policy that previously sought to isolate Iran through sanctions, military threats and diplomatic coercion. Initially, Trump’s approach to Iran was marked by paradoxical signals.
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Damning Yemen group chat reflects an administration indifferent to the rule of law

CNN 25 Mar 2025
The group message, revealed Monday in an article by Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg – who was somehow added to the chat by accident – hints at a lax national security process and incompetence as the nation faces a world of threats.
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Opinion: Climate change not only cause of wildfires in California

San Diego Union-Tribune 25 Mar 2025
Currently, energy companies suspend electric transmission when forecasts of gusty wind signal threats to power equipment.
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White House digs in as furor grows over war plans chat

The Hill 25 Mar 2025
NATSEC CONCERNS AROUND SIGNAL APP ... • Takeaways from worldwide threats hearing dominated by Signal breach ... Still, education groups are suing the Trump administration over its threat to withhold federal funds if Columbia does not comply with its demands.
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