Overview
- Pentagon investigators authenticated that a SECRET/NOFORN email from CENTCOM commander General Erik Kurilla was disseminated via a Signal account linked to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- The briefing detailed planned U.S. airstrikes on Huthi positions in Yemen that were intended for transmission over the secure SIPRNet network.
- The unencrypted Signal chat group included senior officials such as Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell’s insistence that no classified information was shared on Signal has been directly challenged by the newly confirmed documents.
- Senators from both parties have called for Hegseth’s resignation as cybersecurity experts warn that using commercial messaging apps creates serious espionage risks.