Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a “dirty line,” which refers to an unsecured internet connection, to connect to the Signal app on a personal computer in his office, multiple outlets reported. A Pentagon spokesperson denied that Hegseth used an unsecured connection in a statement to the Associated Press and added that the “use of communications

Hegseth reportedly had an internet connection that bypassed Pentagon security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal app on a personal computer.