After an internal investigation, the White House proposed a possible explanation to explain Jeffrey Goldberg Atlantic, It was included in a signal chat with Trump officials planning to bomb Houthis. guardian Report The problem comes down to the fact that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz doesn’t understand how his iPhone works.
Apparently, Trump spokesman Brian Hughes shared Goldberg’s contact information and email signature with Waltz after Goldberg tried to contact Trump’s campaign, which posted a separate question. After that, it only took some wrong faucets to lay the foundation for the “signal gate”. guardian Write:
People say Waltz didn’t ultimately call Goldberg, but was eventually saved in his iPhone with a remarkable twist – under Hughes’s contact card, now a spokesperson for the National Security Council.
So, Walz didn’t realize that his iPhone was updating contacts, rather than creating new ones, he wanted to add Hughes to the group chat instead of Goldberg. This explanation doesn’t change the fact that plans that occur in the “Houthi PC Group” probably shouldn’t happen on encrypted messaging applications, especially without Congress. However, this discovery does add a grim silly flavor to the whole incident.
Shortly after the signal gate, the Pentagon warns not to use the signal because it is Vulnerable to Russian phishing attacksbut apparently, the Trump administration likes the security of the app and the instant messaging it allows. There is a safer option Waltz was reportedly not prevented from using Gmailalthough.
