A popular messaging app called Signal was recently the preferred communications platform for top officials in the Trump administration to discuss secret war plans. But the use of the app, widely ...

The messaging app Signal is making headlines again, with the news that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used it for a chat with his wife, his personal lawyer and others in which he shared sensitive ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used the Signal app to discuss timing of a March 15 strike against Houthis in Yemen. The Pentagon’s acting inspector general has launched a review into whether the use ...

The “knock-off” Signal app Mike Waltz was caught using, which lacks security guarantees, can be hacked in “15 to 20 minutes,” according to a report. “I would say the whole process took about 15 to 20 ...

Another one of PresidentDonald Trump's government officials may be using Signal to conduct official business at the ...

LONDON (AP) — A magazine journalist’s account of being added to a group chat of U.S. national security officials coordinating plans for airstrikes has raised questions about how highly sensitive ...

Signal has been the most high-profile app in the news lately because of the controversy surrounding its use by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Signal is a secure messaging platform known for ...

Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. A photo taken by Reuters' Evelyn Hockstein during a Cabinet meeting Wednesday shows Waltz holding his phone below the table, with the ...

Signal and WhatsApp are both end-to-end encrypted messaging apps, but they differ in ownership and data collection practices. WhatsApp, owned by Meta, collects metadata on users, while Signal, a ...

The chat app, which is run by a nonprofit foundation, has been downloaded 220 million times. Here's what to know about Signal, including who owns it and whether it's safe to use. The messaging app ...