In March 2025, Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the American magazine The Atlantic, was inadvertently invited to join a group chat of senior US government officials on the Signal messaging service. Amongst the members of the group chat were: JD Vance, the vice president; Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense; Marco Rubio, the secretary of state; Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence; and Michael Waltz, the national security advisor. Goldberg was invited by Waltz in an alleged mistake, and none of the government officials seemingly noticed Goldberg’s presence as they began discussing imminent classified military operations against the Houthis in Yemen. On March 15, according to Goldberg, Pete Hegseth used the Signal group chat to share plans of forthcoming strikes, including information on targets, weapons and attack sequencing. The security breach became public on March 24, when Goldberg disclosed it in The Atlantic. The incident raised significant concerns about internal information security practices and prompted discussions about appropriate protocols for handling sensitive national security information. The incident has been coined “Signalgate” by some in the media.[1][2][3]

As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia Leon Panetta, former CIA director and defense secretary under Obama, told CNN: “It’s obviously a very serious mistake on the part of whoever included Goldberg in this highly classified chain-of-command messaging that went on that involved … Continue reading In March 2025, Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the American magazine The Atlantic, was inadvertently invited to join a group chat of senior US government officials on the Signal messaging service. Amongst the members of the group chat were: JD Vance, the vice president; Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense; Marco Rubio, the secretary of state; Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence; and Michael Waltz, the national security advisor. Goldberg was invited by Waltz in an alleged mistake, and none of the government officials seemingly noticed Goldberg’s presence as they began discussing imminent classified military operations against the Houthis in Yemen. On March 15, according to Goldberg, Pete Hegseth used the Signal group chat to share plans of forthcoming strikes, including information on targets, weapons and attack sequencing. The security breach became public on March 24, when Goldberg disclosed it in The Atlantic. The incident raised significant concerns about internal information security practices and prompted discussions about appropriate protocols for handling sensitive national security information. The incident has been coined “Signalgate” by some in the media.[1][2][3]