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A Venmo account under the name “Michael Waltz,” carrying a profile photo of the national security adviser and connected to accounts bearing the names of people closely associated with him, was left open to the public until Wednesday afternoon. A WIRED analysis shows that the account revealed the names of hundreds of Waltz’s personal and professional associates, including journalists, military officers, lobbyists, and others—information a foreign intelligence service or other actors could exploit for any number of ends, experts say.
Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public | WIRED
Just days after senior Trump administration officials — including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth — included a journalist in a Signal group chat discussing secret military plans, the Pentagon issued a warning that Russian hackers had cracked the app. According to the Pentagon advisory, officials should stop using the app, even for sending unclassified information, citing a "vulnerability."
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