The signal says the “gold standard” for encrypted messages, despite the claims of vulnerabilities
Ambassador Pat Harrigan, RN.C., responds to a recent report that Trump’s administration reportedly misleading a journalist about military couples in Yemen.
As reports still go out of the president Donald Trump The use of signal administration, the company announced a statement on Tuesday to clean the air, saying that its software was “a gold standard for private, safe communication”.
On Monday, the Atlantic editor -in -chief revealed that he was inadvertently involved in the Message of the High Trump messages that were talking about plans for the upcoming Houthis strike in Yemen.
The report is sharply criticized, with news such as -a reporting that “vulnerability” was identified in the Messenger application, suggesting that Russian professional Haki groups use spying devices in encrypted conversations.
In response to the EN own report, the signal said that the claim that there are “vulnerability” in the signal is not correct.
“Memo used the term” vulnerability “compared to the signal – but he had nothing to do with the basic technology signal. He warned of phishing fraudsters who target signal users,” the statement said. “Phishing is not new, and not a flaw in our encryption or any of the basic signal technology. Phishing attacks are a constant threat to popular applications and websites.
“To help protect people from the victim of sophisticated identity theft attacks, the signal introduced new users and the app war alerts,” the statement continued. “This work has been completed for some time and has not been associated with any current events.
“The signal is an open source, so our code is regularly reviewed with regular formal audits,” the signal added. “We are also constantly following Security@signal.org for all new reports, and we act at speed, at the same time working to protect people who rely on us from external threats such as identity theft with warnings and protective measures. Therefore, the signal remains a gold standard for private, safe communication.”
US President Donald Trump asks a reporter at a press conference at Roosevelt’s White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Hardik / Getty Images / Getty Images)
It’s a signal Encrypted application to exchange messages This acts similar to sending messages or referring to phone calls, but with additional security measures that help ensure that communication is kept to private those involved in the correspondence.
On Tuesday, Trump discovered That the National Security Consultor Mike Waltz included the Atlantic editor -in -chief in Chat Signal Group with high Trump officials who talked about plans for the upcoming strike on Houthhi Rebels in Yemen.
“It was one of Michael’s people on the phone. The staff had its number there, ” Trump said NBC In a telephone interview when asked how Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic editor -in -chief, was added to a high profile chat.
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Ambassador Michael Waltz, R-FLA, left, and leader of the minority of Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., They conducted a press conference with the Republican House at the Capitol Visitors Center after the briefing. (Photo Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The president added that Goldberg’s involvement in the group chat had no effect on the strike in Yemen at all.
Goldberg posted an article on Monday, describing in detail how it was added to Chat signal group 11. March, allegedly called “Houthhi PC Small Group”, which included high government officials, including a waltzDefense Minister Peta Hegsetth, CIA director John Ratcliffe, Head of the White House Staff Susie Wiles, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance and others.
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Including journalists in a group chat caused anger from Democrats, and some invited Hegsetth and Waltz to resign From their security roles, and others who require that they testify before the congress on the matter.
