Hegset phone number from Signal Chat was publicly available – NYT

< img src = "/uploads/blogs/9b/d3/ib -FS16v9lhp_3ea7a6ae.jpg" Alt = "Hegset phone number from Signal Chat was in public access - NYT"/> The US Secretary of Defense's personal number Pita Hegset, which was used in Signal, was easily accessible on the Internet and annexes in March, which could lead to the leakage of national security secrets to foreign opponents. < p > reports & nbsp; the new york times.

< p > Shortly after the first scandal with the chat & nbsp; signal & nbsp; nbsp; became a public in March, the German edition of Der Spiegel found on the Internet Hegset's phone numbers and other high -ranking Trump officials. Hegsset's phone number could be found on platforms such as WhatsApp or Facebook that it still uses.

< P Data-yield-master-placement-inserked = "" ">The fact that his private room was easily accessible is not surprising, safety experts say, as Hegset was an individual before he became the Minister of Defense. For example, on August 15, 2024, he used his personal phone number to register on the pond on the fantasy football Sleeper.com using Nick Petehegseth. In less than two weeks, his wife Jennifer's phone, which was included in the Signal Chat, joined the site. Hegset left other digital traces using your phone to register at Airbnb and Microsoft Teams. The Hegset number is also associated with the email address, which in turn is associated with a profile on Google Maps, where he has left the praise about dentist, plumbing, monumental artist and other companies.

~ ~ ~ < p >As several defense and safety officials told in an interview, it has become a common thing for government officials to have personal mobile phones when they come to work. But they should not use them in business, as Hegset did. Security experts noted that using the same phone number in Signal to discuss Yemen's attack plans and other sensitive issues, Hegset could reveal themselves to foreign opponents who demonstrated their ability to break US officials.

< P > Signal is an encrypted app, and its safety for messaging is considered very good. But the malicious software that can be installed on the telephone code of the pressing of the keys, would allow hackers to read what someone enters into the phone, even in an encrypted app, experts say. In the case of using the Signal Hegsest to discuss the plans of the stroke on Yemen, the spy software on his phone potentially could see that he was printing or read before clicking the & laquo; send & raquo;, since Signal is encrypted in moments and < p > this week in an interview with CNN Republican from Nebraskan Don Beacon, who suggested freeing Hegset after the scandal, stated: & laquo; I guarantee you that Russia and China are watching the mobile phone of defense & am