By Elizabeta Ranxburgaj

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Donald Trump faced a security scare after a man was randomly added into a text chain between officials about the President’s security arrangements. The man said he was added into a conversation with four other people, including medical professionals, planning for the US President. This individual – who wants to remain anonymous – said an official at NYC Health + Hospitals /Elmhurst started the chain and discussed a Secret Service agent being stationed at the hospital as a precaution while Trump was watching the US Open , on Sunday. The man said he was added to the text chain at 12pm where medical officials dropped plans for the President. The initial message, from a senior hospital official read: “Happy Sunday…just updating.. a Secret Service agent from White House Medical Unit just called..will be posted by the hospital until around 6pm for usual precaution when £1 is passing via. We will get him situated per the usual plan. But no reason for action on your part..just awareness.” Three hospital officials responded to the text, one said: “Noted. Thank you.” When he noticed that he was not intended to be in the group chat, the citizen responded with “Ummmm I am certainly not a part of this convo” to which one official replied with “Ok thanks”. The person said: “I could not believe it – I thought it was a prank. I looked up the numbers, and I could see how they were all medical officials in New York City .” Jim Diddle, 62, senior software engineer, at Children’s Mercy Hospital said: “When considering cyber security, it is critically important to understand who you are communicating with and what is being discussed to avoid having sensitive information getting into the wrong hands.” A spokesperson for NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, said: “It’s no secret that NYC Health + Hospitals serves as the designated medical entity for US Presidents and other visiting dignitaries. As the largest municipal hospital system in the country, our mission is to care for all without exception.” United States Secret Service Official said: “The U.S. Secret Service has a long-standing practice of assigning agents to medical facilities in support of protective visits. There was no security impact to this event and pre-event communication between the Secret Service and our partners is standard.” This has not been the first time Trump and his team faced a security scare by adding the wrong people into confidential chats. In March 2025, a group of top US Officials, including the Vice President JD Vance, and White House Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, accidentally added Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, into a group chat on Signal discussing imminent military operations. Before the US launched a major attack on the Houthis in Yemen, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sent detailed plans in a private Signal group chat that he had created himself. Goldberg made the huge official’s huge error public after he was added into the group and saw all of the top secret information. Hegseth’s family and personal lawyer were even in the group chat. Two sources revealed Hegseth allegedly had an internet connection which bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office just to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer.