Private contact details of the key officials of Donald Trump's administration are available on the Internet – said the German weekly “Spiegel”. The analysis carried out by this medium showed that mobile phone numbers, email addresses, and also passwords were available. Among the people to whom the leaks relate were the US national security advisor Mike Waltz, director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and defense secretary Pete HegeSth.
The contact details of Gabbard, HegeSetha and Waltz, which “Spiegel” analyzed, was found partly in commercial databases, and partly in the so -called password leaks. “The latter are not rare on the internet” – it was indicated in the text.
“Another serious lock in security”
The German weekly portal noted that most of the publicly available e-mail numbers and addresses are probably still used. Some of them are related to, among others, Instagram and LinkedIn profiles. This means that in the case of knowledge of phone numbers, you can also find profiles on WhatsApp, and sometimes even an account in Signal.
“The study therefore reveals another serious gap in Washington's security, which was previously unknown,” says the German weekly. Hostile intelligence services could use these publicly available data to hack communication of the people they relate by infecting their devices with spy software. “It can therefore be imagined that representatives of foreign interviews read (correspondence of high -ranking politicians) when Gabbard, Waltz and HegeSeth discussed with other (people) military operation in chat in (Signal) – assumes” Spiegel “.
Invitation to a secret chat
The editor -in -chief of The Atlantic magazine Jeffrey Goldberg revealed on March 24 that he was mistakenly invited to a group chat with the highest -ranking white house officials regarding surgery against surgery Huti rebels In Yemen. During the discussion, the boss Pentagon He sent his interlocutors plans for military operations in this country.
To protect the privacy of American politicians, “Spiegel” did not publish phone numbers, e-mail addresses and passwords found. No test was carried out to check that the passwords for mailboxes continue to work. Gabbard, HegeSeth and Waltz were informed by the editors about the results of the journalistic investigation – said “Spiegel”.
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