<ul><li>A watchdog within the US Department of Defense has publicly confirmed an investigation into the use of the Signal messaging app by top White House officials.</li><li>The investigation aims to determine the extent to which the Secretary of Defense and other DoD personnel complied with policies and procedures for the use of a commercial messaging app for official business.</li><li>The controversy began when plans for a strike against the Houthi group in Yemen were inadvertently discussed in a Signal group chat that included senior US officials.</li><li>Experts raised security concerns as the use of Signal's end-to-end encryption does not protect against a compromised smartphone.</li></ul>

Pentagon Confirms Investigation Of Signal Use By Pete Hegseth

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