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.
Everyday I open lemmy and see a new article about the US government leaders, I’m like “No way, that tittle is misleading” and the article is exactly what the tittle says. It would be pure comedy if it didn’t affect so many people.
The thing is, this is how it was in 2016-2020. It was batshit insanity every day, all day. It was so exhausting and incomprehensible.
And . . . here we are again. Why.
My recollection might be biased, but I remember Trump more isolated. Today all the Republicans seem align, the oligarch are tamed and the political opposition divided.
On the plus side they gave us some incredible moments: when I feel a bit down I remember the Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference. Puts a smile on my face just reading this in my head!