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.
OPSEC 100% clean!
👊🇺🇸🔥
Powerful start!
The only thing cleaner is his conscience /s
Thank you, I’ve added it to my post
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.
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. 🙏
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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.
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/
Buttery males is why we are here. Donald love buttery males!
Merit based hires
Well don’t announce it. Change them.
Keystone Kops of Kaos!!!
Oh wow, these idiots are so unbelievably inept. Truly criminally incompetent.
The Official Trump Seal of Merit™
I thought this was AmeritocracyTM