Pete Hegseth, Mike Waltz, Tulsi Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
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Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including mobile phone numbers, is freely accessible on the internet.

Summary:

Private contact details of the most important security advisers to U.S. President Donald Trump can be found on the internet. DER SPIEGEL reporters were able to find mobile phone numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to the top officials.

To do so, the reporters used commercial people search engines along with hacked customer data that has been published on the web. Those affected by the leaks include National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Most of these numbers and email addresses are apparently still in use, with some of them linked to profiles on social media platforms like Instagram and LinkedIn. They were used to create Dropbox accounts and profiles in apps that track running data. There are also WhatsApp profiles for the respective phone numbers and even Signal accounts in some cases.

As such, the reporting has revealed an additional grave, previously unknown security breach at the highest levels in Washington. Hostile intelligence services could use this publicly available data to hack the communications of those affected by installing spyware on their devices. It is thus conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group in which Gabbard, Waltz and Hegseth discussed a military strike.

  • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    6 days ago

    “Today, we are issuing an arrest warrant for Jeffrey Goldberg, the so-called “Signal Hacker” who infiltrated a classified group chat, gathered military information regarding operations in Yemen, and put our servicepeople at risk by publishing that information online. The Signal information he leaked has been directly tied to the release of personal information of many top United States officials and has endangered national security. He and other editors of The Atlantic are being charged with disseminating personal information of public officials, Conspiracy against the United States, and Treason. We are currently awaiting word from them to negotiate the terms of their surrender.”

    – Trump, by the time they’re done spinning this.

    Mark my words. This or something close to it will be the GOP position within 72 hours.