Signal, the software at the center of the leak The second chat on signal — which is a commercially available app not authorized to be used to communicate sensitive or classified national defense information — included 13 people, the person. White house hit back at news reports detailing secretary pete hegseth's reported involvement in a second signal group chat, calling it a nonstory while also slamming recently fired defense staffers.
Secret US war plans leaked in a Signal group chat by accident
Defense secretary pete hegseth reportedly shared sensitive military information with his wife, brother and personal lawyer on a signal group chat.
Trump defended defense secretary pete hegseth, following reports of another signal chat that included his wife and brother
'pete's doing a great job,' he said. Hegseth blames media, disgruntled former employees for second signal chat leak by susan carpenter washington, d.c Updated 2:19 pm et apr The second signal chat surfaced as controversy swirls around the head of the pentagon, who this year is controlling a budget of $892bn (£670bn)
Hegseth last week fired three top officials for an. Instead, the secretary blamed the disclosure of the second signal chat on leaks from disgruntled former staff Hegseth has aggressively denied that the information he posted was classified Regardless of that, signal is a commercially available app that is encrypted but is not a government network and not authorized to carry classified information.