Signalgate: There's an IT Lesson Here

OK, maybe this was on Sec Hegseth's mind at the time ...

Humble Pie - 79th And Sunset (1972)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

...
Well this yellow haired snake sits snug as a bug
Got more angle than a toby jug
Star lock hair pins, honey has faults
Shows her legs when opportunity knocks

Underneath her red sweater
She's a big-deal go-getter
There'll be some dramas inside your pajamas tonight, oh yeah

Yes there's red eyed Ruby with her built up hips
She's got nut crushing ----- and jam tart lips
Says her angle is connections downtown L. A
When you know she's just a hustler from the boys' brigade

Well she's the same old number
She just looks like your mother
There be salutations on you humble frillations tonight, oh yes right

She's young, she's wealthy, she's far from healthy
She does it up in Beverly Hills
She wears a foam back bra, she drives her daddy's car
Has appeal to bend your will

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Oh, nymphomanic nimrod ......... thigh-high boots
Beat the hungry minions she planned ....................
Keep on trucking, think of all the fun you had
You know there's such a lot of good ways to be bad
...

Yeah, they don't write lyrics like that anymore. ;)

@#2 ... The biggest security hole in any corporation is the employees. ...

Absolutely.

Back in the day, when I was in IT, the cute saying at the time was ...

The biggest possible security breach is between the chair and the keyboard.

PEBCAK
en.wiktionary.org

...Etymology
Acronym of problem exists between chair and keyboard.
...

" problem exists between chair and keyboard."

Also referred to as ID-10-T.

@#5 ... Also referred to as ID-10-T ...

I have to say, I've not seen that before.

OK, after a Duck-Duck-Go search, I see it as ...

ID10T

Yeah, it is spot on.

They were lucky this time. If they don't learn from it then the Russians and the Chinese and anyone else who can will take advantage of that.

The fact is they have already given the keys to the castle to any hostile adversary who wants to take advantage of the current piss poor OPSEC of Pete Hegseth's F Troops.

@#7 ... If they don't learn from it then the Russians and the Chinese and anyone else who can will take advantage of that. ...

Chinese believed to have targeted Trump's and Vance's phones in US telecommunications breach (October 2024)
www.theguardian.com

During WWII, the Germans though that the enigma machine was bullet proof: until it wasn't. I don't care how secure Signal claims to be, it can be hacked. All it takes is for some developer that knows the encryption algorithm to sell it. I wouldn't be surprised if the algorithm has already been sold and the people that bought it are not revealing it so that they can spy on everyone.

I don't care how secure Signal claims to be, it can be hacked

Signal has strong encryption meaning it would take time to break it. But. You do not have to break the encryption of Signal.

You only have to hack the device it is on. All commercial phones regardless of the OS can be compromised. And I hear it's actually pretty easy. Especially for morons that have no clue about what OPSEC really means. Once compromised everything on the phone is compromised. Trumps phones have probably been compromised for decades.

Cybersecurity News: Signal conversations hacked
cisoseries.com

... Russian state-backed hackers are exploiting Signal's "linked devices" feature to hijack accounts by tricking targets"often Ukrainian military personnel"into scanning malicious QR codes. Once linked, attackers can intercept messages in real time without fully compromising the victim's device. Google researchers identified multiple threat groups using this technique, with some embedding QR codes in phishing pages disguised as military applications or security alerts. Signal has rolled out security updates to counter these threats but urging users to take extra precautions when scanning QR codes. ...

Wait until you find out that we often give our adversaries actual strike plans so that we can avoid a larger confrontation with someone able to retaliate in kind.

So it was a Democrat Hoax, and it was also a genius plan by the Republicans.

@#12 ... Wait until you find out that we often give our adversaries actual strike plans ...

Got a link?

Even Republicans say Trump's Signalgate scandal is serious: poll
www.axios.com

... Three out of four Americans " including 60% of Republicans " say the Trump administration's use of a Signal group chat to discuss military strikes is a serious problem, according to the first poll out on the national security breach.

Why it matters: The White House's efforts to downplay the explosive report from The Atlantic have so far failed to quell the controversy, even as White House officials initially said they believed it would die down.

- - - President Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Intelligence Chief Tulsi Gabbard have all denied that classified materials were shared in the chat that inadvertently included The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg. ...