“Unless you are using #GPG, email is not end-to-end encrypted, & the contents of a message can be intercepted & read at many points, including on Google’s email servers,” said Eva Galperin, director of #cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

#NationalSecurity experts have expressed alarm over the #Trump admin’s denial that the leaked #Signal chat contained #classified information.

#Gmail #Signalgate #Signal #OpSec #InfoSec #military #idiocracy #kakistocracy

Data #security experts have expressed alarm that US #NationalSecurity professionals are not…[just]…using the govt’s suite of secure encrypted systems for work communications such as JWICS, the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System.

Most concerning, however, is the use of personal email, which is widely acknowledged to be susceptible to hacking, spearfishing & other types of digital compromise.

#Gmail #Signalgate #Signal #OpSec #InfoSec #military #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy

The use of personal email, even for unclassified materials, is risky given the premium value foreign #intelligence services place on the communications & schedules of senior govt ofcls, such as the #NationalSecurity adviser, experts say.

…Waltz has also created & hosted other #Signal chats w/Cabinet members on sensitive topics, including on #Somalia & #Russia’s war in #Ukraine, said a senior #Trump admin official.

#Gmail #Signalgate #OpSec #InfoSec #military #idiocracy #kakistocracy

#MikeWaltz has had less sensitive, but potentially exploitable information sent to his #Gmail, such as his schedule & other work documents, said ofcls, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe what they viewed as problematic handling of information. The ofcls said Waltz would sometimes copy & paste from his schedule into #Signal to coordinate meetings & discussions.

#Signalgate #NationalSecurity #OpSec #InfoSec #military #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy

A snr #MikeWaltz aide used the commercial email service for highly technical conversations w/colleagues at other govt agencies involving sensitive #military positions & powerful #weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict, acc/to emails reviewed by WaPo. While the #NSC official used his #Gmail account, his interagency colleagues used govt-issued accounts, headers from the email correspondence show.

#Gmail #Signalgate #Signal #NationalSecurity #OpSec #InfoSec #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy

The use of #Gmail, a FAR LESS secure method of communication than the encrypted messaging app #Signal [which isn’t secure enough for these kinds of comms either], is the latest example of questionable #security practices by top #NationalSecurity ofcls already under fire for the mistaken inclusion of a journalist in a group chat about high-level planning for #military ops in Yemen.

#Signalgate #Signal #OpSec #InfoSec #military #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy

Members of #Trump’s #NationalSecurity Council #NSC, including WH #NationalSecurity adviser #MikeWaltz, have conducted govt business over personal #Gmail accounts, acc/to documents reviewed by WaPo & interviews with three #US officials.

#Signalgate #Signal #OpSec #military #idiocracy #kakistocracy

Unsurprisingly, it keeps getting worse

#MikeWaltz & staff used #Gmail for government communications

#Trump’s #NationalSecurity adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up.

#Signalgate #Signal #OpSec #military #idiocracy #kakistocracy
washingtonpost.com/national-se…

#GiftArticle

Secret #Pentagon memo on #China, #HomelandSecurity has #HeritageFoundation fingerprints

An internal guidance memo from #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth focuses on deterring China’s seizure of #Taiwan & shoring up homeland defense. In some instances, the document is nearly a word-for-word facsimile of a report from the conservative think tank behind #Project2025.

#Trump #USpol #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #leak
wapo.st/3Y3I0sf

#EdwardCoristine is among the most visible members of the #DOGE effort that has been given sweeping access to official networks as it attempts to radically downsize the U.S. government.

Past reporting had focused on his youth - he is 19 - and his chosen nickname of "#BigBalls," which became a pop culture punchline. #Musk has championed the teen on his social media site X, telling his followers last month that "Big Balls is awesome."

#USpol #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #Trump

Exclusive: #DOGE staffer, '#BigBalls', provided tech support to #cybercrime ring, records show

The best-known member of Elon #Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data & #cyberstalking an #FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters.

#USpol #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #Trump
reuters.com/world/us/doge-staf…

#Trump stood by his #NationalSecurity adviser, #MichaelWaltz, Tues, calling him a “good man” a day after a report that he & other senior admin ofcls used the commercial messaging app #Signal to discuss secret #military plans for Yemen & inadvertently included a journalist in the group chat. During an interview Trump also said Waltz had “learned a lesson.”

#SignalGate #Signal #NationalSecurity #idiocracy #kakistocracy

Asked if #NationalSecurity Adviser #MikeWaltz owed an apology, #Trump said, “I don’t think he should apologize. I think he’s doing his best.”

Trump added that he thinks “we won’t be using it very much,” referring to the #Signal app.

#Waltz said the team is looking into “how in the heck” a journalist ended up in a group text chain on the Signal app where top ofcls were discussing plans for #military strikes against #Iran-backed #Houthi rebels in #Yemen.

[Waltz added him]
#NationalSecurity

Just ICYMI

#TulsiGabbard was also outside of the #UnitedStates while she took part in the #signal group chat.

“Later in the hearing, #Gabbard also said she was overseas during the time the group chat discussions were underway, but [refused] to say whether she participated using her personal phone.”

#USpol #Trump #Signal #SignalGate #NationalSecurity #idiocracy #kakistocracy #Trump #JDVance #Hegseth #Ratcliffe #MikeWaltz #MarcoRubio #SusieWiles #Witkoff #StephenMiller
thehill.com/policy/national-se…

Senator #AngusKing, grilled #Gabbard on why #ClimateChange had been excluded for the first time in the #ThreatAssessment report.

Gabbard again said the only included the highest threats.

King rattled off the MANY effects of Climate Change that threaten security. Migration, famine, poverty, social & political tensions, etc.

Then he directly asked if she ordered that climate threats be excluded. She said no.

The reason 100% is #Trump’s war on “wokeism”

#NationalSecurity #kakistocracy

…As the #Trump admin’s war on the federal bureaucracy throws key agencies into #chaos, CISA’s turmoil could have underappreciated consequences for #NationalSecurity & #economic prospects. The agency, part of #DHS, has steadily built a reputation as a #nonpartisan source of funding, guidance, & even direct defensive support for #cities, #businesses, & #nonprofits reeling from #cyberattacks.

#InfoSec #NationalSecurity #Musk

Inside #CISA, vital support staff are gone, international partnerships have been strained, & workers are afraid to discuss #threats to #democracy that they’re now PROHIBITED from countering. Employees are even more overworked than usual, & new assignments from the admin are interfering w/important tasks. Meanwhile, CISA’s temporary leader is doing everything she can to appease #Trump, infuriating employees who say she’s out of touch & refusing to protect them.

#InfoSec #NationalSecurity #Musk

#DOJ says that the only thing they are authorized to say is that the two flights which took off after the written order were not relevant to this case (which I guess is saying they had no one subject to the #AlienEnemiesAct #AEA on board?). He then claims #NationalSecurity & diplomacy mean he won't answer further.

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#law #Constitution #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #DueProcess #immigration #CivilRights #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower #Trump