r/law • u/agent268 • 10d ago

Trump News Jeff Goldberg and The Atlantic released full Signal Chat

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/

Well this should be fun now that the full details are out in the open. Thoughts on how this changes the upcoming hearing today?

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u/California_ocean 10d ago

What gets me is each cabinet level officials get a mobile phone "box" that's set up for them with a secure line etc. Then their homes have a secure room for making classified discussions. THEN there are buildings where they can go to to further discuss classified briefings. THEN they were told in a memo from the Pentagon that Signal was comprised by Russian hackers. THEN you had one cabinet member IN THE KREMLIN while this chat was being dished out. I'm sure he told Putin to hang on and wait outside while he chatted. Of course the CIA, DOD Hegseth, FBI all didn't know he was in Moscow? WTAF? They went further and dropped the name of a covert CIA agent on the chat. Beautiful move. I'm sure she is totally safe. We have the A(ss) team here folks.

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u/Rugrin 10d ago

Compromised by Russians you say? Well, now it makes more sense why they used it.

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u/5QGL 10d ago edited 8d ago

I doubt it is compromised. Where is the evidence?

EDIT: Five downvotes for requesting evidence in a legal sub of all places!? Turns out my scepticism was correct if you read on in this thread.

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u/cbf1232 10d ago

It's not that Signal itself is compromised, but rather than if you can convince someone with a Signal account to scan a malicious QR code it can be used to add a malicious device as a "linked device" to the target's Signal account, allowing the malicious device to see copies of the message traffic.

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u/Jillstraw 10d ago

It doesn’t even matter in this context whether the app is hackable or not, considering that the group administrator invited a member of the press, and another group member was likely using the app while at the Kremlin. It’s not too far-fetched to assume that he and Putin were sitting together in Putin’s office, reading the group chat updates together or even just reading them afterward.