Trump stands behind Hegseth after attack plans shared in second Signal chat
Washington DC, US Reuters President Donald Trump said on Monday that he stood behind US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, after reports that he shared details of a March attack on Yemen’s Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer. The revelations that Hegseth used the unclassified messaging system Signal to […]
Pentagon’s Hegseth texted start time of planned killing of Yemeni militant
Washington DC, US Reuters Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texted about plans to kill a Houthi militant leader in Yemen two hours before a military operation meant to be shrouded in secrecy, according to screenshots of a chat released by The Atlantic on Wednesday. The revelation that highly sensitive attack plans were shared on a commercial […]
Trump team scrambles to handle fallout from Signal chat assailed as “sloppy, careless”
Washington DC, US Reuters The Trump administration sought on Tuesday to contain the fallout after a magazine journalist disclosed he had been inadvertently included in a secret group discussion of highly sensitive war plans, while Democrats called on top officials to resign over the security incident. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director […]
White House mistakenly shares Yemen war plans with a journalist at ‘The Atlantic’
Washington DC, US Reuters Top Trump administration officials mistakenly disclosed war plans in a messaging group that included a journalist shortly before the US attacked Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis, the White House said on Monday, following a first-hand account by The Atlantic. Democratic lawmakers swiftly blasted the misstep, saying it was a breach of US national […]
Helpdesk: Are private conversations truly private? A cybersecurity expert explains how end-to-end encryption protects you
In an article first published on The Conversation, cybersecurity researcher ROBIN CHATAUT explains how end-to-end encryption works…