White House Blames iPhone Auto-Suggestion for Signal Scandal Involving Jeffrey Goldberg

An iPhone contact auto-suggestion reportedly led to Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg being added to a classified Signal chat on Yemen airstrikes.
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White House Blames iPhone Auto-Suggestion for Signal Scandal Involving Jeffrey Goldberg
I’ve seen my fair share of bizarre tech mix-ups, but this one involving the White House, Signal, and an iPhone contact auto-suggestion takes things to a whole new level. According to an internal report cited by The Guardian, the White House has pinned the blame for an unexpected Signal group chat leak on a seemingly innocent iPhone feature. Image:Google Imagine this: You’re the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, and suddenly you find yourself added to a Signal chat with top Trump administration officials discussing plans for a Yemen airstrike. That’s exactly what happened to Jeffrey Goldberg. But how? Apparently, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz had meant to add a Trump spokesperson, Brian Hughes, to a group chat on Signal. Instead, he accidentally invited Goldberg — a move that turned out to be more than just embarrassing. The Auto-Suggest Culprit: A Feature We All Use Without Thinking Let me break down what the internal investigation found. After Goldberg had emailed the White House re…