WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. troops at risk by sharing sensitive plans about an upcoming military strike in Yemen on his personal phone, according to a Pentagon inspector ...

The Pentagon’s latest report makes one thing clear: Signal protects conversations, but it was never designed to safeguard U.S. war plans — and using it that way carried real risk for American forces.

A Pentagon inspector general report concluded that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth sent sensitive, nonpublic strike information over the encrypted app Signal using his personal phone, a violation of ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth did not comply with Pentagon policy and potentially endangered military personnel when he used his personal phone and the Signal app to discuss an upcoming strike, an ...

The US Department of Defense Office of Inspector General has released a report into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of the Signal messaging app. The 84-page report finds Mr Hegseth violated ...

WASHINGTON – A Pentagon watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked the safety of American troops and their mission when he discussed a covert military operation in Yemen over the ...

A highly critical inspector general report found Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth jeopardized troop safety and violated department policy by using the Signal app on his personal cell phone to discuss a ...

The defense secretary has insisted no classified information was shared. A monthslong investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of the commercial messaging app Signal is complete and its ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to ...

An inspector general report to be released on Thursday examined the defense secretary’s use of a private messaging app to discuss airstrikes in Yemen. By Robert Jimison Megan Mineiro and John Ismay ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Updated November 25 with a new warning from America’s Cyber ...

The encryption protecting communications against criminal and nation-state snooping is under threat. As private industry and governments get closer to building useful quantum computers, the algorithms ...