Top Trump officials text secret Yemen airstrike plans to journo in Signal SNAFU

A news report details how senior Trump administration officials used Signal to discuss planned strikes against Houthi rebels and inadvertently added a journalist to the group, exposing sensitive operational planning and sparking OPSEC criticisms and congressional scrutiny. The piece also cites NSA warnings that Russian actors have used Signal QR-code phishing to hijack accounts and reiterates prohibitions on using Signal/WhatsApp for classified communications. Officials dispute that classified information was shared, while public statements and hearings escalated the controversy.