Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has revealed that Signal, an encrypted messaging app, is now pre-installed on government devices. The shift follows a significant Chinese hack of US telecommunications networks and recommendations from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for using end-to-end encrypted communications.

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Wednesday it was a mistake that the editor of The Atlantic was added to a Signal messaging chat discussing sensitive war plans. Gabbard also told a House of Representatives hearing on Worldwide Threats,