EDIT: Since I’ve posted this, an English language version of the article has been published. Here is the link. @Mods: please let me know if I should replace it in the in the URL field as well, I’m going to leave it as is for know,
Article both in German and behind a paywall. I’ve translated the most relevant parts:
Donald Trump’s most important security advisors discussed a military strike via signal chat. Research by [the German magazine] SPIEGEL now shows that the problem is even bigger. […] Private contact details of US President Donald Trump’s most important security advisors are available on the internet. Research by SPIEGEL revealed mobile numbers, email addresses and, in some cases, passwords.
For the research, information from commercial personal search engines and customer data published online was used. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, US Intelligence Coordinator Tulsi Gabbard and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are demonstrably affected by the leaks.
Most of the publicly accessible numbers and email addresses are probably still being used by those affected. Some of them are linked to profiles on Instagram and LinkedIn, among others. They were used to create Dropbox accounts and profiles in apps that track running data. There are WhatsApp profiles for the respective phone numbers, and in some cases even Signal accounts. […] It is therefore conceivable that foreign agents were reading along when Gabbard, Waltz and Hegseth discussed a military strike in a signals chat with others.
Original German text
Donald Trumps wichtigste Sicherheitsberater diskutierten einen Militärschlag per Signal-Chat. SPIEGEL-Recherchen zeigen nun: Das Problem ist noch größer. Private Kontaktdaten der wichtigsten Sicherheitsberater von US-Präsident Donald Trump sind im Internet einsehbar. Recherchen des SPIEGEL förderten Mobilnummern, Mail-Adressen und teilweise Passwörter zutage.
Für die Recherche wurden Informationen aus kommerziellen Personen-Suchmaschinen sowie im Netz veröffentlichte Kundendaten genutzt. Betroffen von den Leaks sind nachweislich der Nationale Sicherheitsberater Mike Waltz, US-Geheimdienstkoordinatorin Tulsi Gabbard und Verteidigungsminister Pete Hegseth.
Die meisten der öffentlich abrufbaren Nummern und Mail-Adressen werden von den Betroffenen wohl immer noch genutzt. Sie sind teilweise mit Profilen unter anderem bei Instagram und LinkedIn verbunden. Mit ihnen wurden Dropbox-Accounts und Profile in Apps angelegt, die Laufdaten tracken. Es finden sich zu den jeweiligen Telefonnummern WhatsApp-Profile, teilweise sogar Signal-Accounts. […] Es ist daher denkbar, dass ausländische Agenten mitlasen, als Gabbard, Waltz und Hegseth in einem Signal-Chat mit anderen einen Militärschlag besprachen.
So…not to be dramatic or anything, but this sounds really fucking bad.
Not to sound alarmist or anything, but this is quite possibly the worst thing in history for US intelligence, so far.
Just think, how many accounts do you reuse your password for? How many of those are 2fa? Now take all that, wrap it up in an alcoholic, and now you’ve got the opsec of a toddler.
I would be very surprised if any of these idiots even know what 2FA is, let alone use it.
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what if the password is “dadabladababada”?
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An absolute gong show
Pretty much everyone has compromised accounts/passwords because websites keep getting hacked. You can go to haveibeenpwned.com and look up your own.
That said, it’s also why you shouldn’t be using the public Internet for classified information.
also why you should use good passwords and not reuse them
SIPRnet
I’m hoping they can dig up more dirt on the Russian sympathy.
When you decide to start buying fertilizer from an enemy of the United States over a longtime ally and partner, this is all the red flags you need.
At what stage should we be at in terms of beginning to think about maybe starting to worry?
November 6th 2024
You misspelled 2016.
You’re a little late for that
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Who would that be in this case?
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OPSEC 100% clean!
👊🇺🇸🔥
Powerful start!
The only thing cleaner is his conscience /s
Thank you, I’ve added it to my post
What a bunch of fucking vulnerable idiots. No big deal, just nuclear arms in the hands of the types who don’t know how to turn on their computers.
Guys, I’m starting to wonder if trump and his cabinet are, y’know, outrageously fucking stupid.
This level of stupid can only be intentional, tho right? Need to come up with some type of unprecedentedly stupid award before more new records are set quick!
Hegseth would never let someone else hold his beer.
Write with large letters in the White House. New slogan. “Stultitia et imperitia”. Sounds good.
Stultitia et imperitivae = stupidity and ignorance. Couldn’t agree more with the spirit of this post.
Imperitia is correct in this context.
Sorry, I wasn’t trying to correct anyone, I had to look this up and that’s what my translator returned. I’m agreeing that this should be the de facto slogan for the White House (and most of Congress).
Yeah, Latin translators can be quite bad, be very careful with them.
imperitivae is not even a valid word form. It seems to be a mix-up of imperitia (female noun, meaning ignorance) and imperitiva (female adjective meaning commanding) which would not make sense since the sentence requires two nouns. You could say something like stultitia imperitiva which would translate to something like “the commanding stupidity”, but idk how much sense that would really make. It just sounds strange. A better phrase for that would be something like stultitia regentium (the stupidity of the rulers), as in stultitia regentium patriam perdidit (the stupidity of the rulers has destroyed the country).
Another day, another woopsie doopsie.
Imagine the new fascist American regime not even getting off the ground because the fascists are so incredibly incompetent
Sweet lawd let it be so. 🙏
Mr bean does fascism
Unfortunately, fascists don’t need to be competent to be effective. In fact, ignorance plus incompetence can be very dangerous.
Hitler Was Incompetent and Lazy—and His Nazi Government Was an Absolute Clown Show
They are some of the dumbest people imaginable. So there is hope.
We need to bring Rudy Giuliani back as cybersecurity adviser.
Is he still alive?
Doesn’t he work at the Four Seasons garden shop now?
Great job Senate. They knew they shouldn’t have appointed these complete amateurs, but they were too afraid of being primaried by Trump lackeys.
I’d love an anonymised list of the passwords used, out of sheer curiosity. Just how safe/smart are these people, that are entrusted with running the world’s (currently) most powerful nation?
How many “password1234” or “asdfghjkl” would we find?
Republicans are just fucking morons. Jesus.
Merit based hires
First US outlet I see picking up the story: https://www.mediaite.com/news/report-passwords-of-top-u-s-security-officials-found-online-hegseth-gabbard-waltz-among-those-affected/
I guess it’s not that worrying as they’re already compromised by Russia?
What’s another 100% OPSEC between friends?
