The contact details for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, national security adviser Mike Waltz, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard were found online, with some of them still connected to services such as LinkedIn and WhatsApp.
The information was obtained by German-based Spiegel via a public people search and data leaks, showing additional vulnerabilities in the defense community after the Signal group chat leak.
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The outlet said it was “particularly easy” to find contact information for the high-ranking Hegseth. The newspaper added that it used a commercial provider of contact information to obtain his Gmail and mobile phone number.
The Pentagon chief’s email, and, in some cases, password were available in “over 20 publicly accessible leaks,”
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