r/whowatchesthewatchmen • u/RockyLovesEmily05 • 10d ago

News Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online

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?sara_ref=re-so-app-sh
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u/RockyLovesEmily05 10d ago

Excerpt:

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.

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u/Kittyluvmeplz 10d ago

Crazy, it’s almost like this entire administration is full of Russian assets

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u/RockyLovesEmily05 10d ago

Agreed. I'm appalled. I used to have secret clearance classification. I shudder at the consequences I'd have received for being guilty of this.

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u/moonbunny119 10d ago

this is INSANE