How secure is Signal? Group chat snafu raises questions over app security

Published March 26, 2025 2:00pm ET



The recent national security breach involving a Signal group chat has raised concerns regarding the messaging app’s security.

Concerns about the Atlantic‘s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, being mistakenly added to a Trump administration Signal group chat extended beyond the blunder itself, sparking outrage over the platform’s use to share sensitive information.

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