Exploitable flaws: what US adversaries could learn from White House security failure
Hostile intelligence agencies are likely to pore over details revealed in chat group planning for Yemen strikes
The leak of top US officials’ deliberations over planning for this month’s strikes on the Houthis in Yemen – revealed by a journalist who was accidentally invited to a chat group on the Signal messaging app – will be highly useful for hostile intelligence agencies.
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