When we imagine the exchanges of a government on its military operations abroad, you often visualize an impressive office, cards from the region, interlocutors on the phone from the other side of the world, staff ran into the room and a solemn tone.
But we especially do not think of a simple conversation by message on a mobile application. However, this was what an American journalist attended in early March, and that he revealed a few days ago.
Driven in a group on the signal application, the editor -in -chief of the magazine The Atlantic found himself at the heart of a discussion between senior American officials. Before his eyes, the plan of attack on Houthis in Yemen is set up. A few hours later, the maneuver is indeed executed.
The Trump administration is now trying to minimize the flight, but the evil is done … And all this illustrates the lack of knowledge of the leaders around the world in the face of cybersecurity challenges.
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