{"id":39771,"date":"2025-04-25T11:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T11:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/pete-hegseth-reportedly-had-unsecured-office-internet-line-to-connect-to-signal-first-thing\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T11:40:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T11:40:21","slug":"pete-hegseth-reportedly-had-unsecured-office-internet-line-to-connect-to-signal-first-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/pete-hegseth-reportedly-had-unsecured-office-internet-line-to-connect-to-signal-first-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth reportedly had unsecured office internet line to connect to Signal | First Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The revelation is the latest in a string of security breaches involving the defense secretary. Plus, Elon Musk\u2019s xAI accused of pollution over Memphis supercomputer<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2018\/sep\/17\/guardian-us-morning-briefing-sign-up-to-stay-informed\">Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Good morning.<\/p>\n<p>The defense secretary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/24\/pete-hegseth-internet-signal-app\">Pete Hegseth, had an unsecured internet connection<\/a> installed in his office to evade the Pentagon\u2019s security filters and use Signal on a personal device, two sources told the Associated Press (AP).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What else do we know?<\/strong> Sources told AP that Hegseth sometimes had three computers in his office, including a personal one \u2013 despite the ban on bringing in electronic devices owing to spyware risks. Sean Parnell, the Pentagon\u2019s chief spokesperson, told news outlets: \u201cWe can confirm that the secretary has never used and does not currently use Signal on his government computer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does President Donald Trump say to that?<\/strong> He said on Thursday night that Russia \u201cstopping the war, stopping taking the whole country\u201d is a \u201cpretty big concession\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/25\/first-thing-pete-hegseth-reportedly-unsecured-office-internet-line-connect-signal\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The revelation is the latest in a string of security breaches involving the defense secretary. Plus, Elon Musk\u2019s xAI accused of pollution over Memphis supercomputer Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. The defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, had an unsecured internet connection installed in his office to evade the &#8230; <a title=\"Pete Hegseth reportedly had unsecured office internet line to connect to Signal | First Thing\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/pete-hegseth-reportedly-had-unsecured-office-internet-line-to-connect-to-signal-first-thing\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pete Hegseth reportedly had unsecured office internet line to connect to Signal | First Thing\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}