Private data of senior U.S. security officials available online, raising national security concerns. #cybersecurity #Hegseth #Waltz #Gabbard https://buff.ly/uD5Je2u
Add this to #signalgate (with a little help from our friends ...):
Pete #Hegseth, Mike #Waltz, Tulsi #Gabbard: Private #Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
> 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.
Passwords For #Trump's Most Senior Cabinet Members Found Online!
Officials affected include many involved in the #Signalgate call: National Security Adviser Mike #Waltz, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi #Gabbard and Secretary of Defense Pete #Hegseth.
DER SPIEGEL did a deep dive and found contact information for Gabbard, Hegseth and Waltz in "commercial databases, while other information was in so-called password leaks, which are hardly a rarity on the internet.”
https://crooksandliars.com/2025/03/passwords-trumps-most-senior-cabinet#google_vignette
[Der Spiegel]: Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
By Patrick Beuth, Jörg Diehl, Roman Höfner, Roman Lehberger, Friederike Röhreke und Fidelius Schmid
26.03.2025,
You were misinterpreted. #Signal is secure from the time the user pushes send until the message is displayed. Before that, the user, the device, and the circumstances of send are subject to compromise. #Gabbard knew that. #Hegseth probably didn't. Neither should be excused for that. Not to mention that it was all against the rules, rules that were made for a reason.
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.
Those affected by the #leaks include National Security Adviser Mike #Waltz , Director of National Intelligence Tulsi #Gabbard and Secretary of Defense Pete #Hegseth .
#opsec #Signal #US
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7
»#Gabbard says #Signal comes #preinstalled on #governmentdevices: The app had been largely banned on government-issued devices in the past.« https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/gabbard-signal-government-devices-cybersecurity-00250731?eicker.news #tech #media
Republican senators break ranks to call for investigation of Signal leak scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/signal-investigation-republican-senators
Senior GOP figures warn of potential ‘significant political problem’ for Trump administration in rare sign of unrest.
“This is what happens when you don’t really have your act together,” the Alaska Republican senator Lisa Murkowski told the Hill.
Today’s summary (feeling done)
Other than the colossal #NationalSecurity breach by the whole of #Trump’s #intelligence & #defense cabinet secretaries (yeah…, other than than Mrs. Lincoln how was the play?) today’s news:
#TheAtlantic / #JeffreyGoldberg releases everything:
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114229022768978812
#Gabbard & #Ratcliffe lied through their teeth in the #House
#Security gaps are growing. Data and #passwords of #Trump loyalists can be found online. #usa #Gabbard #waltz #hegseth
https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Waltz-Gabbard-Hegseth-Daten-und-Passwoerter-der-Trump-Getreuen-im-Netz-auffindbar-article25659252.html
“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”
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.
It was particularly easy for DER SPIEGEL reporters to discover Hegseth’s mobile number and email address…
#Hegseth #trump #gabbard #waltz #uspol #politics #tech #technology
#Gabbard should fire herself now.
#Witkoff did not confirm in the post whether he had been using #Signal on a govt device or personal device. But when recounting why he was silent for portions of the group chat discussion, Witkoff said it was "because I had no access to my personal devices until I returned from my trip."
Witkoff's post also comes after Sen #AdamSchiff sent a letter to #Gabbard & him requesting info about their use of Signal & travel by March 31.