Billionaire Elon Musk is investigating how a journalist from The Atlantic was added to a Signal chat involving some of the most senior officials in Washington, D.C. White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt said, UNN reports, citing the BBC.
Musk, who has made headlines by leading a campaign to fire thousands of federal employees, will now "find out how this number was inadvertently added" to the Signal chat, Levitt says.
Musk's help will "ensure that this never happens again," the White House spokeswoman added.
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The editor of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg reported that he was accidentally added to a chat in Signal, where he witnessed discussions about future attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen.
This caused a heated discussion in the White House: an investigation has been launched, and there is even talk that national security adviser Mike Volz should be fired.
In turn, Donald Trump supported Mike Volz after the incident with the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic getting into a closed chat where military plans were discussed. Trump said the situation did not affect the military operation.