White House downplays Signal app security risks

National Security advisor Mike Waltz says he's taking full responsibility for a military leak in a group chat on the messaging app Signal, as we learn there have been warnings about that same app. CBS News' Jarred Hill reports.

[hughjanus]

The people who said Biden was sharp as a tack are now trying to criticize Trump LOL

[samsingh]

Just remember FJB's Afghanistan withdrawal, 13 servicemen lost their lives.

[vintagemusic-yz]

The only risk is having someone in the group that did not belong. Signal is fine. Somehow this person's number was added to the group and everyone was too stupid to notice.

[lisatirkot]

Disgusting. The whole cabinet and worst house is incompetent

[RK-ebiu]

Could you imagine if Hillary did this?

[xCaptxCrunchx]

I read the texts and what I got out of it is that The EU is not providing any help to defeat the Houthis who are driving up the costs of our merchandise.

[ladydeath]

Of course they will downplay it they can't blame one of their own but they will find some innocent fool to blame it on.

[kampfer]

It wasn't leaked accidentally. It was intentional.

[CrowsAreMurder]

"MEDIA OVERPLAYS MINOR SIGNAL ERROR AS CATASTROPHE" There I fixed the headline.

[kristypiits]

That means the Atlantic was on that chat group the entire time biden was in office.

[garyrich-mb]

Aww come on Mike, you can't take all the credit. There is plenty of blame to go around for this stupidity.

[phantomlord]

It’s definitely not that bad lol, you guys are out of your minds

[libbycollins]

This so much worse than a simple “oops.”

[billcrowleyrd]

Got. The word. Is banned by the algorithms

[abc_cba]

Conedian Kunal Kamra is paying the price for defending Democracy here in India and there Americans never learned from India (an ex-Democracy) about what unfolds when you downplay your rights?

When will Americans understand that you are losing your Democratic rights day by day like we in India lost in 10 years?

[trebor]

Next they will use Tik Tok to communicate with each other. That way they can include everyone in China.

[deloressmith]

What's new. Tell me who is big enough to admit wrong, lawless is the law of the day, and the worst is yet to come.

[sureman]

Sloppy as perhaps the retreat from Afghanistan?

[miterbenisdurty]

This is a nothing burger, will go away soon.

[vintagemusic-yz]

I would venture a guess that a Biden holdover admin added this person, not by their name, by the way (the number was the reporter, the name was not) to create this very scenario.