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Passwords of Top U.S. Security Officials Found Online – Hegseth, Gabbard, Waltz

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by G8trGr8t, Mar 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM.

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  1. Mar 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM #1
    G8trGr8t

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    hits keep coming. good thing they stick to secured devices

    lest anyone forgot or missed it, our Sec Def had his Venmo pay history set to public so everybody could see who he paid how much, when, notes...yes, he is that stupid

    REPORT: Passwords of Top U.S. Security Officials Found Online – Hegseth, Gabbard, Waltz Among Those Affected

    Passwords and private information belonging to top national security officials in the Trump administration have been found online, according to the German publication Der Spiegel.

    In a stunning report published on Wednesday, the paper said its journalists “used commercial people search engines along with hacked customer data that has been published on the web.” Those whose information was compromised include Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.

    “Private contact details of the most important security advisers to U.S. President Donald Trump can be found on the internet,” the outlet wrote. “DER SPIEGEL reporters were able to find mobile phone numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to the top officials.”
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    Those affected by the leaks include National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Most of these numbers and email addresses are apparently still in use, with some of them linked to profiles on social media platforms like Instagram and LinkedIn. They were used to create Dropbox accounts and profiles in apps that track running data. There are also WhatsApp profiles for the respective phone numbers and even Signal accounts in some cases.
     
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  2. Mar 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM #2
    14serenoa

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    Amateur hour. Who has the nuclear football?
     
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  3. Mar 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM #3
    G8tas

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  4. Mar 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM #4
    rivergator

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    Don’t any of them know any 13-14-year-olds who can show them how to do this?
     
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  5. Mar 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM #5
    vaxcardinal

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    I have passwords that have been compromised too. It’s actually not uncommon.
     
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  6. Mar 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM #6
    slocala

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    Unfortunately, Matt Gaetz didn’t make it as AG.
     
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  7. Mar 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM #7
    HeyItsMe

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    Lmaoooooo. The DEI cabinet continues to not disappoint. Someone should tell these dullards that “ABC123” is not a secure password.
     
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  8. Mar 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM #8
    channingcrowderhungry

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    All I do is shit on this admin, but I don't see this as a huge deal. Pretty sure everyone here has their info compromised online.
     
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  9. Mar 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM #9
    exiledgator

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  10. Mar 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM #10
    G8trGr8t

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    me too. do you still use them?
     
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  11. Mar 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM #11
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  12. Mar 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM #12
    G8trGr8t

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  13. Mar 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM #13
    dynogator

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    True, but everyone here doesn't have access to a SKIF.
     
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  14. Mar 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM #14
    G8trGr8t

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    one would think that when one takes on such a sr national security position that they would insulate themselves going forward from previous accounts that were compromised. not hard to find out if an account has been compromised
     
  15. Mar 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM #15
    DawgFanFromAlabam

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    “Der Spiegel is a horrible magazine and going out of business. A bunch of real sleazebags. Germany is a real sh!thole. This is just another witch-hunt. I hope Vlad attacks them next!”
     
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  16. Mar 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM #16
    channingcrowderhungry

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    Doesn't seem like we really know that from this story. Compared to the previous eff up, this reads like an attempt just to pile on. Let the shit show stand on its own
     
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  17. Mar 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM #17
    G8tas

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    Yet somehow the Biden team went 4 years without issues
     
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  18. Mar 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM #18
    demosthenes

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    Same thought here. I have some accounts that I don’t care about that I’ve been told the passwords have been compromised but I don’t care enough to change the passwords. Any serious account has a non-compromised password, at least as far as I know.

    The only account to have actually been compromised happened not once but twice with different passwords and no warning that they were part of a data leak.
     
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  19. Mar 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM #19
    l_boy

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    We pretty much all have them but I don’t use those emails anymore. Phone number is harder to avoid. But you would think as part of the national security background check you’d change any compromised data and also wipe what you can at least from the “people finder “sites.
     
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  20. Mar 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM #20
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    DEI gonna DEI
     
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