cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27446672

Summary

DER SPIEGEL reporters uncovered private contact details and passwords of senior U.S. security officials, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, through public data leaks and commercial search engines.

The leaks revealed active phone numbers linked to Signal, WhatsApp, and social media accounts, raising severe security concerns.

This follows an recent exposed Signal chat discussed military plans against Yemen’s Houthi militia.

Security experts warned of phishing, spyware, and deepfake risks from the leaks.

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    Not surprising considering the velveeta treason weasel himself is the type of clueless boomer who says things like his son is “very good with the cyber” and “everything is computer”. I highly doubt he could power his phone off without help.

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        Despite the constant negative press covfefe

        As long as we’re here I’ll also mention how this degenerate cretin also insisted on using his own private Android phone rather than one issued by the government. I’d say it’s 100% certain his phones have been hacked as shit for at least 10 years.

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      Dude was stunned that his adult son knew how to turn his computer back on after he turned it off. He’s too clueless to even know to be impressed by what half of lemmy users can do with tech lol.

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    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.

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      Literally all the roles you dont want to be effected. It hasn’t even been 5 fucken months yet.