Summary
The Pentagon warned employees against using the encrypted messaging app Signal due to a potential vulnerability exploited by Russian hackers.
The warning came just before a security breach where top Trump administration officials, including the vice president and defense secretary, accidentally added a journalist to a Signal group chat discussing military strikes in Yemen.
The leak sparked outrage and criticism, though Trump downplayed it as a “glitch.”
Signal stated it was unaware of any unaddressed vulnerabilities.
It’s not a Signal problem, this is just bad journalism.
Signal also did an update one month ago to help mitigate phishing https://www.wired.com/story/russia-signal-qr-code-phishing-attack/
To be clear though, phishing was Not the problem in this case. Incompetence was the problem.