Mobile numbers, email addresses, and in some cases passwords of ministers and high-ranking Trump officials can be found among hacked data dumped online. This includes the national security adviser Mike Waltz, intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard, and Defense Minister Pete Hegseth.
The login credentials were used, among other things, for Instagram and LinkedIn accounts, the cloud storage service Dropbox, and apps that track a user's location. Gabbard's and Waltz's numbers were also linked to accounts on the messaging services Whatsapp and Signal.
This means that the risk of spyware being installed on their phones has increased, according to Der Spiegel. Possibly, according to the newspaper, it may have gone so far that foreign agents spied during the notable war leak in the messaging service Signal.
It was on Monday that the newspaper The Atlantic reported how its editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg suddenly was invited to a group chat in Signal where ministers and top officials discussed military attacks on Yemen. In the chat were, among others, Mike Waltz, Tulsi Gabbard, and Pete Hegseth.
The authenticity of the conversation was confirmed when the plans were carried out and the US military, in accordance with the timetable discussed, launched airstrikes against Yemen.
None of the three top officials have responded to Der Spiegel's request for comment. According to the US National Security Council, all accounts and passwords belonging to Mike Waltz that were included in the reporting were changed in 2019.
