Trump's Top Aides Can't Stop Doxxing Themselves

Just another L for Mike Waltz.

After screwing up and putting a journalist in a private Signal chat with a bunch of top government officials, Waltz appears to have shot himself in the other foot: by leaving his Venmo friends list public.

And that’s not all. Additionally, a German magazine has reported reported Wednesday that it has found email addresses, mobile phone numbers, and even passwords belonging to a number of top Trump officials online. The information on Waltz, Pete Hegseth, and Tulsi Gabbard was reportedly available via commercial data-search services and showed up in several recent dumps of hacked data that ended up online.

I spent a few tears as a minor internet celebrity and even I had the wherewithal to sign up for Delete Me.

The magazine, Der Spiegel wrote that “most” of the numbers and emails it found appeared to still be in use, with some tied to accounts on social media sites like LinkedIn, Instagram, or messaging service WhatsApp.

Just another incident pointing out the glaring ineptitude of this administration’s OPSEC.

Another fun fact? Waltz public Venmo profile was FILLED with prominent journalists.

The Venmo account, which used the name “Michael Waltz” and had a profile picture with Waltz in it, included a public 328-person friend list. Members on the list apparently ranged from media figures and journalists to colleagues within the Trump administration, like U.S. National Security Council staffer Walker Barrett.

One notable member of the list was White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, who seemingly also had her own public 182-person friend list filled with names like U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. Wired reports that none of Waltz’s or Wiles’ financial transactions were public on Venmo, but that it seemed that they had simply not selected to make their friend list private.

Waltz’s and Wiles’ profiles went private shortly after.