Us Officials in Signal Chat Left Their Venmo Data Exped Online

Data from Several Us Officials’ Venmo Accounts have been found expected online, including their contacts and even transaction historys for some. This follows Signalgate earlier this weekAnd the subsequent revival that Involved Officials’ Private Contact Information and Passwords Cold Be Found Online,

If i had a nickel for every time a breach of tech security by the trump administration was revised this week, I’d now have Three nickels,

On Wednsday, Wired reported That it had discovered a public venmo account ostensibly belonging to national security advisor and Signal Chat Participant Michael Waltz, Showing a list of over 300 of his associates. Now the publication is reporting the discovery of Further venmo data belonging to several more us officialsAt least three of who was also members of the infamous Yemen Bombing Signal Group Chat,

Specifically, wired reporters found venmo data belonging to department of treasury chief of staff dan katz, counselor and chief of staff to the secretary of state mike needham, and President Donald Trump‘S Nominee for Director of the National Countterorism Center Joe Kent. Venmo data was also located for National Security Council Staffer Brian McCormack, Who is Suspected of Being on the Signal Chat, And Morgan Ortagus, Deputy to Trump ‘Special envoy for the middle east and Signal Chat Participant Steve Witkoff.

All of these individuals’ venmo contact lists were visible, while katz, mxi, and ortagus had also left their transaction history.

Us Officials’ Contact lists and transaction history eggplant emojiHowever, such information could be used for nefarious purposes if individuals attempted to reach or influence officials via their associates or frequent haunts. It also also reviewed connections such as Kent’s payments to a far-Right 2020 Election Conspiracy Theorist.

It’s been a bad week in security scandals for the trump administration, but this is one that could have easily been avoided. Last July, Wired reported That Signal Chat Participant and then-Vice Presidential Nominee JD Vance also left his venmo friends list public. Yet despite this cautionary tale, us officials

In a statement to wire, a venmo spokesperson said, “We take our customers’ Privacy Seriously, which is why we let customers choose their privacy settings And friends lists – and we make it incredibly simple for customers to make these private if they choose to do so. “

The revival of exposed venmo data is just the latest dancer in a conga line of us officials’ Tech Security Breaches recently. On Monday, The Atlantic‘s editor-in-chief jeffrey goldberg reported Added Him to a Signal Group Chat In Whoch Officials shared seemingly classified informationDays Later, German Publication Der spiegel Reported That Passwords for some of the officials involved was found onlineStating that it was “conceivable that Foreign agents were private to the signal chat group.”

Now with wired’s reports added to the growing list, it seems that trump administration is in dire need of a data security training course at minimum,