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   Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 02:13:46 JST Kevin Beaumont

   The Trump admin uses Signal to coordinate military operations... and somebody in the Signal group added a member of the press into the group about which targets to bomb in error, and didn't notice. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 02:15:41 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     How any of that passes security clearance and compliance etc I do not know, btw.

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 02:21:17 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     In other news, zero click Signal zero days just went up in price... I bet you cashy money if somebody did a forensic inspection of the Trump admin's Apple devices, they'd open pandora's box.

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     dilbert 1 (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 03:17:52 JST dilbert 1

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     @jmjm @GossiTheDog are you over 100 years old?
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     jmjm (jmjm@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 03:17:53 JST jmjm

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     @GossiTheDog ... wouldn't using disappearing messages also be a violation of the Federal Records Act?

     Damn, I miss the days when America was a constitutional democracy.

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     Tobias 😎🌍🇪🇺🇺🇦☀️🚀🚵 (tbchlh@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 03:29:47 JST Tobias 😎🌍🇪🇺🇺🇦☀️🚀🚵

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     @GossiTheDog They need to cut the costs - whatever it takes. Maybe they'll realize that some governmental functions are essential for running a country - whatever it costs. On the other hand: if the country is run by morons then stupid things happen.

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     Maki (randamumaki@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 03:30:07 JST Maki

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     @GossiTheDog Also here in case people bump into a problem reading the aforementioned link. What a story. https://archive.ph/JEYep

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 06:42:08 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     Nothing to see here move along

     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg70xgxl3vmt?post=asset%3Ac915585e-03e2-4f45-8da3-b2b162f7186f#post

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 18:19:11 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     Well done to the US Gov for becoming headline laughing stock, again.

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 22:11:21 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     Well done to Trump administration officials for starting a major diplomatic crisis via a secure messaging platform that children should be able to operate. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg70xgxl3vmt

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     Andrew Golding (huronbikes@cyberplace.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 22:52:17 JST Andrew Golding

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     @GossiTheDog waiting for the follow-up to Billy Joel's hit song "We Didn't Start the Fire", "Ok, so we definitely started this particular fire"

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 02:36:06 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     The Trump administration claims the Signal chats don’t contain classified material, but they refused to release them publicly.

     The journalist in the conversations is saying he won’t release them, as they do contain classified information.

     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg70xgxl3vmt?post=asset%3Ac0c0c6ea-9066-4cd0-88d9-f5b1e59cb801#post

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     sky-rider of the spaceways (spacemanspiff@noauthority.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 02:50:46 JST sky-rider of the spaceways

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     @GossiTheDog

     no lies detected

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     vic (vic@shitpost.cloud)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 02:50:46 JST vic

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     The messages are written so robotically and on the nose, it's like they wanted or expected them to get leaked.

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     vic (vic@shitpost.cloud)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 03:21:01 JST vic

     > I just hate bailing Europe out again.

     > Let's just make sure our messaging is tight here.

     > I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It's PATHETIC.

     This is not how politicians talk to one another in a channel they believe is secure.

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 05:40:04 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     lol

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 21:37:59 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     More Signal messages have been posted online, sent to a reporter, which clearly show a breach in US national security. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 21:40:43 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     I think it’s entirely possible the US gov will try arresting the reporters and staff at that outlet to try to shut the story down, we’ll see.

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     greem (greem@cyberplace.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 23:02:50 JST greem

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     @GossiTheDog There's a genuine risk that they'll go after Signal, too. That would be misguided, given they're obviously using it, but the Executive Branch will execute 🙄

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Mar-2025 00:47:22 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has testified today that Signal has been preinstalled on US government devices and they use it for secure comms on the advice of CISA.

     I think CISA may get thrown under the bus on this one too. Signal may be too — today Trump suggested it was a “bad signal”.

     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz9e875gd11t?post=asset%3A63bdec8c-2e34-4fbc-943a-655e36bde40f#post

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Mar-2025 03:16:17 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     The White House are bringing in Elon Musk, not Mandiant, to look at how a reporter ended up in the Signal chat.

     Elon has publicly tweeted many times that Signal isn’t secure, and told people to use Telegram (lol) - so basically, Signal, CISA and likely the reporter are going to get thrown under the misinformation bus next week.

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     cliffcrosland (cliffcrosland@cyberplace.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Mar-2025 04:12:47 JST cliffcrosland

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     @GossiTheDog is it known whether the US gov has its own Signal-like app? if so, is its ux really so bad that officials are deciding to hold hyper-sensitive convos in an app that's more user-friendly? the real answer might be that there is no Signal-like app for top secret gov't comms - that seems like a bad situation too

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Mar-2025 08:26:13 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     Bus chucking and disinformation begins. President Trump: "I think Signal could be defective, to be honest with you."

     Expect several weeks of this. Wouldn’t surprise me if CISA remove advice to use Signal.

     https://www.wired.com/story/signalgate-isnt-about-signal/

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     Edgar Whelp (edgarwhelp@cyberplace.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Mar-2025 10:27:22 JST Edgar Whelp

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     @GossiTheDog “Tracing…”

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Mar-2025 07:03:10 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     Israel has complained to the US that the HUMINT they gave appearing on Signal put the sources’ life at risk. https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/israel-supplied-intelligence-in-airstrike-discussed-in-signal-chat-officials-say-9a9e0abf

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Mar-2025 08:43:54 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     Der Spiegel report some of those in the Signal chat had publicly listed email addresses and mobile numbers with associated WhatsApp and Signal accounts, and publicly available passwords from prior breaches.

     https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/pete-hegseth-mike-waltz-tulsi-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7

     Augusto Campos repeated this.
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     Eva.K.Yemeni.W (eva7kamarany@cyberplace.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Mar-2025 08:46:17 JST Eva.K.Yemeni.W

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     @GossiTheDog I think that everything that is happening is just a farce for something else that they want to hide. America is attacking us in Yemen every day. This is nothing new.

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 05:12:16 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     The CIA director who accidentally added a journalist to that Signal has been using a free Gmail account for government business, it has emerged. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/01/waltz-national-security-council-signal-gmail/

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     Tim Schofield (chiefoldmist@cyberplace.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 05:26:47 JST Tim Schofield

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     @GossiTheDog You really can't make this shit up can you...?

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     Biloti :Ryyca: :verified_ps: (biloti@ursal.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 06:25:07 JST Biloti :Ryyca: :verified_ps:

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     • Alexandre B A Villares 🐍

     @GossiTheDog @villares at this very moment he's probably thinking how clever he is by choosing gmail's password as his wife's birthday instead of his.

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     Phil (h0ru2@cyberplace.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 16:07:05 JST Phil

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     @GossiTheDog It's almost like they are applying double standards