Even More Venmo Accounts Tied to Trump Officials in Signal Group Chat Left Data Public
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Summary
Trump administration officials, including four who were on a now-notorious Signal group chat, appear to have left Venmo accounts that have been leaking data, including contacts and transactions, according to experts this is a significant counterintelligence problem that could allow foreign intelligence services to gain an understanding of a target’s social network and even identify individuals who could be paid or coerced to act against them.
Among those named in the leaked data are Dan Katz, chief of staff at the US Treasury; Joe Kent, President Trump’s nominee for director of the National Counterterrorism Center; Mike Needham, chief of staff to the secretary of state; and Brian McCormack, a senior staffer on the National Security Council.
Morgan Ortgus, a former Fox News personality and deputy to Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East, who was also in the chat, had also left Venmo data exposed.
The exposure of this data could provide details on individuals who could be targeted for coercion.
