Even More Venmo Accounts Tied to Trump Officials in Signal Group Chat Left Data Public

Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Tim Marchman| Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:47:31 +0000

WIRED has found four new Venmo accounts that appear to be associated with Trump officials who were in an infamous Signal chat. One made a payment with a note consisting solely of an eggplant emoji.

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Using Starlink Wi-Fi in the White House Is a Slippery Slope for US Federal IT

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:24:31 +0000

The ad hoc addition to the otherwise tightly controlled White House information environment could create blind spots and security exposures while setting potentially dangerous precedent.

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TVs at HUD Played an AI-Generated Video of Donald Trump Kissing Elon Musk’s Feet

Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:54:46 +0000

On Monday morning, TV sets at the headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development played the seemingly AI-generated video on loop, along with the words “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”

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Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 03:07:33 +0000

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.

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DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, David Gilbert, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:30:20 +0000

Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.

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