The Latest Breaking News from Signal

Yesterday, The Atlantic magazine revealed an extraordinary national security blunder in the United States. Top US government officials had discussed plans for a bombing campaign in Yemen against Houthi rebels in a Signal group chat which inadvertently included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg.

Defense Secretary accused reporter who received chats of ‘peddling hoaxes’ earlier in day

Lawmakers and legal experts claim the Yemen Signal group chat ‘blatantly violated security regulations designed to prevent exactly this kind of leak’

Trump and his aides are now describing accurate reporting on a national security breach as a ‘hoax’

Goldberg published vague information about the attacks in Yemen more than a week after they occurred

The former Texas congressman says his communication in the chat was lawful and did not include classified information.

Signal is an end-to-end encrypted messaging app that is considered one of the most secure in the world by security professionals, but was never intended to be the go-to choice for White House officials planning a military operation.

Bulletin sent on 18 March said Russian hackers could access messages as Trump officials now downplay blunder

Editorial: A staggering blunder points to the wider failings of the careless and amateurish Trump administration