'Human failure' led to White House mistakenly sharing Yemen war plans over Signal, analyst says

Record ID: 1985292

  • Title: 'Human failure' led to White House mistakenly sharing Yemen war plans over Signal, analyst says
  • Date: 25th March 2025
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - JULY 3, 2022) (REUTERS) (MUTE) DRONE SHOT OF THE SWISS BUILDING (KNOWN AS THE "GHERKIN" FOR ITS SHAPE) NEXT TO OTHER CITY SKYSCRAPERS LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - MAY 21, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF THE SWISS BUILDING (KNOWN AS THE "GHERKIN" FOR ITS SHAPE) LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - 2017) (REUTERS) THE "GHERKIN
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  • Keywords: BREACH DATA ENCRYPTION HOUTHIS INTEL MESSENGER SIGNAL TECH US US GOVERNMENT USA
  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / INTERNET / WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / INTERNET / WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: North America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA00A148325032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: "Human failure" led to top Trump administration officials mistakenly disclosing war plans in a messaging group that included a journalist, an analyst told Reuters on Tuesday (March 25).
    The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg said in a report on Monday (March 24) that he was unexpectedly invited on March 13 to an encrypted chat group on the Signal messaging app called the "Houthi PC small group."
    In the group, national security adviser Mike Waltz tasked his deputy Alex Wong with setting up a "tiger team" to coordinate U.S. action against the Houthis.
    "In the case of this Atlantic (magazine) issue that we've seen, the challenge is very much more around a human failure than a technology failure. And as it is typically often the case with security breaches," Ben Wood, a chief analyst at CCS Insight, said.
    Accounts that appeared to represent Vice President JD Vance, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and senior National Security Council officials were assembled in the chat group, Goldberg wrote.
    Trump told reporters at the White House that he was unaware of the incident.
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