"After six months, Hegseth has continued being a problem for the Trump administration from his "#Signalgate" scandal to canceling a shipment or arms to Ukraine without notifying the president or the State Depatment and now infuriating Pentagon denizens with his obsessive search for leakers."
Via #TheNewRepublic @ 5:16pm ET on July 23, 2025
The #WashingtonPost reports that #DefenseSecretary #PeteHegseth’s infamous #Signal messages regarding strikes on #Yemen — which were shared in a group chat that inadvertently included Atlantic editor in chief #JeffreyGoldberg — derived from a classified email from General #MichaelKurilla, according to evidence obtained by the #Pentagon inspector general’s office.
https://newrepublic.com/post/198301/pete-hegseth-signal-messages-classified
Ruh roh.
" #Hegseth Signal messages came from email classified ‘SECRET,’ watchdog told
The revelation contradicts the Trump admin’s longstanding claims that no classified information was shared by the defense secretary’s account during the #Signalgate scandal"
There was speculation days before, but apparently it was not leaked over the normal channels.
If Iran had not shut themselves off of the internet days before, they could have known.
"Politicians wanting to undermine encryption must understand that by doing so, they will weaken encryption for everyone. There is no way to build a “secure backdoor.” […] If a vulnerability exists, the question is when it will be found. If a master key is created, the question is when it will be stolen."
#Signalgate 2.0 proves it - there’s no such thing as a “Backdoor for the Good Guys Only”
No hack required.
Much easier to blame a hack instead of admitting you are stupid and can not spell opsec.
I'll take "Parlatore is lying" for $1000 Alex
There is zero reason NSA would do an illegal wiretap when Hegseth was using the non secure fake Signal app and some chats could be exfiltrated as already demonstrated.
Signalgate, czyli tragikomedia w trzech aktach. Mój tekst dla #OkoPress z początku maja, teraz już bez login-walla:
https://oko.press/usa-signalgate-powazniejsza-wpadka
Czemu naczelny The Atlantic został zaproszony do nieszczęsnej grupy na Signalu? Bo Timowi Waltzowi aplowska "sztuczna inteligencja" podpowiedziała jego numer, gdy szukał numeru Briana Hughesa. 
Czemu tak się stało? Bo Brian Hughes wysłał swego czasu Waltzowi wiadomość tekstową zawierającą numer naczelnego The Atlantic. 
Obviously just making up excuses because it makes no sense for NSA to wiretap when Hegseth and others were using the fake Signal app.
Since #Trump returned to office, the #Pentagon has launched an investigation into #leaks that resulted in 3 ofcls being placed on leave [#Signalgate].
It has also required legacy media organizations, including the #NewYorkTimes, the #WashingtonPost, #CNN & #NBCNews, to vacate their Pentagon office spaces in a new *rotation system* that brought in others, including outlets generally friendly to the Trump admin such as the #NewYorkPost, #Breitbart, the #DailyCaller & #OANN.
"While the Department remains committed to transparency, the Department is equally obligated to protect CSNI (#classified #intelligence) & sensitive information - the unauthorized disclosure of which could put the lives of US Service members in danger," #Hegseth said in a memo.
[laughable coming from a guy involved in the PC Houthi group chat & also a chat that included his wife & brother both of which divulged classified military operations over a commercial app. #Signalgate]
A week after that #hack, the #CISA recommended that users "discontinue use of the product" barring any mitigating instructions about how to use the app from #Smarsh.
Jake Williams, a fmr #NationalSecurity Agency #cyber specialist, said that, even if the intercepted text messages were innocuous, the wealth of #metadata - the who & when of the #leaked conversations & chat groups - posed a #counterintelligence risk.
A #CBP spox repeated a past stmnt noting that it had disabled #TeleMessage & was investigating.
Federal contracting data shows that #State & #DHS have had contracts w/TeleMessage in recent years, as has the #CDC. A CDC spox told Reuters in an email that the agency piloted the software in 2024 to assess its potential for records management requirements "but found it did not fit our needs." The status of the other contracts wasn't clear.
Reuters could not ascertain how #TeleMessage had been used by each agency. The service - which takes versions of popular apps & allows their messages to be archived in line w/government rules - has been suspended since May 5, when it went offline "out of an abundance of caution." TeleMessage's owner, the Portland, Oregon-based digital communications firm #Smarsh, did not respond to requests for comments about the #leaked #data.
Some chats did seem to bear on the travel plans of snr govt ofcls. One #Signal group, "POTUS | ROME-VATICAN | PRESS GC," appeared to pertain to the #logistics of an event involving #Trump at the #Vatican. Another appeared to discuss US ofcls' trip to #Jordan.
Reuters reached out to all the individuals it could identify seeking comment; some confirmed their identities but most didn't respond or referred questions to their respective agencies.
