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2025-03-28 Cyber

Passwords, other info from top Trump officials in Signal leak found floating online; lefty NPR head on Signal board; what happened to Waltz’s Venmo security?

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Posted by trailing wife 2025-03-28 2025-03-28 01:19|| || Front Page|| [11159 views ] Top

#1 I'll take "Deep State Malice" for $600. Alex.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-03-28 02:39|| 2025-03-28 02:39|| Front Page Top

#2 I for one don't give a rats ass about Venmo or whatever NPR is flapping it's crackwhore gums about.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2025-03-28 03:52|| 2025-03-28 03:52|| Front Page Top

#3 The conflicts of interest here are staggering.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-03-28 06:54|| 2025-03-28 06:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Nobody gives up power without a fight. I just remember all the cases in history where the ruling class delivered the country to foreign foe - rather than let go of power.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-03-28 07:22|| 2025-03-28 07:22|| Front Page Top

#5
^ #4
Correctly stated.

The FBI needs to look into this with more than just the MSM politically promoted idea it was a careless screw-up.

Remainder, publishing National State Secrets (eg. War Plans) is violation of Nation Security Act. Any unauthorized person accidentally coming in possession of such NS data, by law, is obligated to notify the Federal Gov and NOT spread it around. So ANY US Media Outlet spreading such NS data around, should be charged and could have it FCC license pulled.

PLUS, the public should always remember that, that media source went out of its way and was willing to screw over our country, and our troops to play political games with the lives of those in the Air or on the Ground.

NEXT Trumps people, need to make sure that the FBI agents looking into it, are NOT the same agents used by the Biden Puppet Regime, to falsely setup Trump and his people and supporters.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-03-28 08:39|| 2025-03-28 08:39|| Front Page Top

#6 So let's see here.
2023 - report stating Signal was mostly safe but don't use for really secret stuff ~~like calling Brandon's private phone~~

2024, December, 2024 - Signal recommended for government devices

Board Member, Chair of the Board, of Signal about to lose other interest (NPR) to DOGE.

A 2 week op trying to pin something just like this on Elon and it not sticking.

Venmo list of contacts is what one would expect from a cabinet official. A nobody editor for known hack platform The Atlantic, not so much. I notice that it was not noted the editor is also on the Venmo list, curious, that would be worth noting.

Gabbord actually hacked and leaked.

I think I agree with the statement from yesterday that the buck does not stop at 'some staffer'.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-03-28 10:43|| 2025-03-28 10:43|| Front Page Top

#7 And then this:

According to NBC News, a DHS worker included a Washington-based reporter in an email chain detailing an upcoming ICE raids back in January.

The email did not include classified material, however, the information was still considered sensitive because it detailed time, location and target of raids.

Hmmmmm.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-03-28 10:55|| 2025-03-28 10:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Deep State Malice

Posted by mossomo 2025-03-28 13:13|| 2025-03-28 13:13|| Front Page Top

#9 Since passwords are usually stored as hash values I wonder how they got these passwords in the first place.

Were the passwords weak and easily guessed or did some party access their assets and files?

In any case the attack surface of modern computer systems is HUGE. A secrecy protection system is only as strong as its weakest link.

For example what use is 256-bit encryption if your cellphones graphics subsystem contains subtle modifications in software and/or hardware that will leak information about the displayed content to interested parties?

How much would it cost to get a designer at a chip foundry to introduce such a subtle flaw that would be exploitable only by those with intricate knowledge but would otherwise be undetectable?

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-03-28 14:29|| 2025-03-28 14:29|| Front Page Top

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