Mike Waltz claims ‘full responsibility’ for Signal chat group leaked to journalist

[Mycroft]

Likewise the clueless and incompetent moron, Gabbard, Trump picked as National Security Adviser. You couldn't make it up.

Ummm...talk about making stuff up. LOL!!

Gabbard isn't the National Security Adviser. She the DNI.

 

[snakestretcher]

Ummm...talk about making stuff up. LOL!!

Gabbard isn't the National Security Adviser. She the DNI.

Whoever. She ****ed-up. Could have chosen someone with actual intelligence, but no; Trump had to prioritise a sycophantic arse-kisser over competence, like the rest of the clowns in his cabinet-Maybelline Vance being the worst offender.

 

[BabaVoss]

Coldbert can **** off and nobody would care.

He’s smarter than any of the clowns trump brought in. By far.

 

[Visbek]

Has Mike Waltz been charged with any and all appropriate charges for having allowed this leak?

He hasn't even been suspended.

If not, why not?

• This is the most inept and corrupt Presidency in the history of the US.
• Dear Leader cares more about total loyalty than competence.
• Instead of doing the right thing, taking responsibility, and taking action, they chose to circle the wagons and... attack the journalist. Who Waltz invited to the group. By accident.

Of course, Waltz may wind up getting sidelined and quitting in a few weeks, because he gave Dear Leader a black eye. But they already committed to the Bart Simpson defense, so don't expect any actual consequences for any of the people who screwed up and compromised US security.

 

[BabaVoss]

These idiots are going to get people killed. Trump and his hand picked clown car have no idea what the hell they are doing.

 

[SavannahMann]

You are ignoring something very important that Waltz said...that the contact in the Signal app had one person's name and, instead of their number, it had that reporter's number. Yes, Waltz is doing the right thing and taking full responsibility for this happening, but he knows HE didn't do that and you can be damned sure he's going to find out who did.

I would hate to be that person.

Can you explain why official Government Communications were happening on non recorded lines again? I must have missed that.

Because as memory serves all Government Communications are supposed to be preserved for the record.

 

[snakestretcher]

You didn't read the entire article, did you?

The bulletin warned of Russian professional hacking groups employing phishing scams to gain access to encrypted conversations, bypassing the end-to-end encryption the application uses.​

Phishing scams are very common and everyone...whether they are in the government or not...should be aware and not become a victim of the scam. That is what the memo is about.

And Signal points out that their app is not any more susceptible to phishing than any other app.

Signal responded to the bulletin in a social media post Tuesday, saying the NSA's "memo used the term 'vulnerability' in relation to Signal-but it had nothing to do with Signal's core tech. It was warning against phishing scams targeting Signal users."​

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"Phishing isn't new, and it's not a flaw in our encryption or any of Signal's underlying technology," the company said. "Phishing attacks are a constant threat for popular apps and websites."​

Quit with the attempted pathetic excuses; there are none and you're embarrassing yourself. This was a monumental security breach and heads should roll.

 

[Metric Mouse]

No, no it isn't. The use of signal is the entire problem, not that they embarrassed themselves with an unintentional invite. Commercial apps (ALL OF THEM) are much easier to compromise than government SCIFs and high security communication systems. If our enemies hadn't already hacked signal before this incident, they damn well have now. Then there is the REASON they are using signal. It automatically deletes messages after a short time. We have government record keeping laws which they are intentionally circumventing. It's illegal and corrupt as hell.

You rehashing debunked talking points from the Clinton email scandal was not on my bingo card for this year...

 

[Metric Mouse]

Can you explain why official Government Communications were happening on non recorded lines again? I must have missed that.

Because Pete Hegseth can't carry two cell phones...

 

[Bubber]

The Signal app isn't the problem. It is certified by all the government security agencies as being secure.

The problem is that someone manipulated the app and inserted false contact information into it.

I would hate to be that person. They are about to be in a world of hurt.

This is not true:

Unmanaged 'messaging apps,' including any app with a chat feature, regardless of the primary function, are NOT authorized to access, transmit, process non-public DoD information. This includes but is not limited to messaging, gaming, and social media apps. (i.e., iMessage, WhatsApps, Signal).

https://dodcio.defense.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Library/Memo-UseOfUnclassMobileApps.pdf

 

[Jay Falcon]

You are ignoring something very important that Waltz said...that the contact in the Signal app had one person's name and, instead of their number, it had that reporter's number. Yes, Waltz is doing the right thing and taking full responsibility for this happening, but he knows HE didn't do that and you can be damned sure he's going to find out who did.

I would hate to be that person.

 

[CaughtInThe]

Nothing but the best people!

The Trump Administration has got to be the most DEI like group of individuals ever assembled.

It's just that there's only three criteria for "inclusion". You have to blow Donald Trump, you have to be white and you have to hate on non-white people.

 

[Elmo]

You rehashing debunked talking points from the Clinton email scandal was not on my bingo card for this year...

I'll make you a deal: when you stop lying about being a "Progressive", I'll start treating your posts seriously. Until then, bye

 

[Mycroft]

Can you explain why official Government Communications were happening on non recorded lines again? I must have missed that.

Because as memory serves all Government Communications are supposed to be preserved for the record.

What makes you think it wasn't preserved.

Ratcliffe told Sen. Warren that it was.

 

[Jay Falcon]

I'll make you a deal: when you stop lying about being a "Progressive", I'll start treating your posts seriously. Until then, bye

He can't stop lying or posting dumb shit.

 

[Mycroft]

Quit with the attempted pathetic excuses; there are none and you're embarrassing yourself. This was a monumental security breach and heads should roll.

Oh, you can be sure that heads will roll when they find out who put Goldberg's number in the contact for someone else.

 

[Lovebug]

These guys look worse and worse.

Waltz struggles to explain what happened but he has Elmo looking into it...



Later in the interview he suggests Goldberg might have hacked into the text group....



The most clueless person might still be Donald Trump who at first knew nothing about this, even after the Atlantic story was being widely reported, and now thinks it was a phone call...

Mike Waltz claims ‘full responsibility’ for Signal chat group leaked to journalist

Trump adviser says he can’t explain how Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg’s number was included in the group chat

www.theguardian.com

I read up on that earlier.
So we have a case of trying to blame Goldberg but Edolf decided that Waltz is the expendable one who must fall on the sword?

 

[Visbek]

It is nice to see a claim of taking full responsibility, whatever that ends up meaning.

Since he spent almost the entire interview denigrating a journalist that he now admits inviting to the group? And since he doesn't expect to get fired, let alone face charges, like anyone else in this situation would?

It means nothing.

And that's why he's saying it.

 

[Allan]

You didn't read the entire article, did you?

I did and the point remains that the NSA warned that Signal shouldn't be used which directly contradicts your bullshit...

The Signal app isn't the problem. It is certified by all the government security agencies as being secure

 

[BabaVoss]

I’m sure King Donald wil straighten him out. “You NEVER take responsibility for anything.”

 

[eohrnberger]

The Signal app isn't the problem. It is certified by all the government security agencies as being secure.

The problem is that someone manipulated the app and inserted false contact information into it.

That could be one explanation, and if so, it could have been a simple data entry error (wrong phone number), or it could have been malicious, or maybe even something else. Who knows?

My guess is that it'll be handled internally and quietly, as would be most appropriate.

I would hate to be that person. They are about to be in a world of hurt.

 

[joluoto]

You didn't read the entire article, did you?

The bulletin warned of Russian professional hacking groups employing phishing scams to gain access to encrypted conversations, bypassing the end-to-end encryption the application uses.​

Phishing scams are very common and everyone...whether they are in the government or not...should be aware and not become a victim of the scam. That is what the memo is about.

And Signal points out that their app is not any more susceptible to phishing than any other app.

Signal responded to the bulletin in a social media post Tuesday, saying the NSA's "memo used the term 'vulnerability' in relation to Signal-but it had nothing to do with Signal's core tech. It was warning against phishing scams targeting Signal users."​

​

"Phishing isn't new, and it's not a flaw in our encryption or any of Signal's underlying technology," the company said. "Phishing attacks are a constant threat for popular apps and websites."​

And this is why the government should NEVER discuss policy over a third party app, and definitely never anything sensitive and classified, like a military operation. Whoever decided they should use an app in the first place need to be fired.

 

[Mycroft]

I did and the point remains that the NSA warned that Signal shouldn't be used which directly contradicts your bullshit...

The memo didn't say Signal "shouldn't be used".

Are you SURE you read the article? Or, maybe you just have a problem comprehending what you read?

 

[watsup]

The Signal app isn't the problem. It is certified by all the government security agencies as being secure.

The problem is that someone manipulated the app and inserted false contact information into it.

These are obvious lies that you can’t support with actual facts.

 

[watsup]

Nope.

The Trump administration is, right now, engaged in finding out how a contact in the Signal app had one person's name...and Goldberg's number...and finding out who put that manipulated contact in Waltz's computer.

Still don’t know where the Conspiracy forum is, I see.