Private data of top US officials including Hegseth and Waltz found online

Published March 26, 2025 6:53pm ET



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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