German news website Der Spiegel reports recovering private contact information of senior U.S. officials including National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Through these accounts, the outlet accessed discussions on a Signal group chat detailing imminent airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen. The leak includes specific timelines about the operation, raising concerns about the security of classified information.
As the White House continues to contend with the fallout of the Signal group chat controversy, more details are coming out about other security breaches exposing the private contact data of senior members of Presidenton Wednesday that it was able to recover phone numbers, email addresses and in some cases passwords for accounts belonging to national security adviser Mike Waltz, Defense SecretaryThe outlet noted it was “particularly easy” to obtain Hegseth’s contact information.
“Using publicly available information, it was possible to verify that the email address was used just a few days ago,” Der Spiegel said. Similarly, the German news website was also able to obtain Waltz’s number and email, and then match it to accounts on Microsoft Teams, LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Signal. After the outlet contacted Waltz on WhatsApp and Signal, both accounts appeared to go dark.that a Venmo account apparently belonging to Waltz was open to the public until the magazine informed the national security adviser’s team about their review.
One of the most notable exchanges in the group was an operational update shared by Hegseth that appeared to include precise timings about when the U.S. warplanes would launch and then strike the Houthi targets.Big money interests are running the government — and influencing the news you read. While other outlets are retreating behind paywalls and bending the knee to political pressure, HuffPost is proud to be unbought and unfiltered.
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