Widespread condemnation after extraordinary breach of military intelligence While Signal is regarded as a secure encrypted chat service, its weakness is that phones on which it is installed can themselves be vulnerable.Among those aghast at the breach was the Democratic representative Pat Ryan, an army veteran who sits on the House armed services committee who described it using the second world war-era epithet “Fubar” – meaning “fucked up beyond all recognition”. Continue reading...
Top Trump officials, including the Vice-President, Defence Secretary, and Secretary of State, are under fire for a security breach involving the accidental sharing of secret Yemen war plans with a journalist via the Signal app. The incident has drawn widespread condemnation, with calls for investigation into what is being described as a "stunning" failure of security.
