U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

By Jeffrey Goldberg

  • ansiz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    13 days ago

    TIL that the US military texts around sensitive plans, reporter aside, SMS is not a secure protocol to do this.

      • ansiz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        13 days ago

        I did read the article but saw several mentions of texting, I was under the impression Signal was just another texting app.

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
          1·
          13 days ago

          You know sms is a type of texting but you don’t know Signal? Interesting. It’s an end to end encrypted chat app.