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SCOOP: WIRED has found four new Venmo accounts that appear to be associated with Trump officials who were in an infamous Signal chat. One made a payment with a note consisting solely of an eggplant emoji.

The officials include Dan Katz, Treasury chief of staff; Joe Kent, Trump’s nominee for director of the National Counterterrorism Center; and Mike Needham, counselor and chief of staff to the secretary of State. All participated in the “Houthi PC small group” chat. www.wired.com/story/even-m...

While public transactions on Venmo might appear harmless, one security expert says that foreign intelligence services look for patterns: who’s paying whom, how often, and when. “Say they’re making payments to their children—now you have a point of leverage.” www.wired.com/story/even-m...

“Our adversaries are sophisticated and carnivorous in their data collection,” another security expert says, adding that “just the smallest bit of daylight is of interest to someone sophisticated. They will use that data point. They will build from it.” www.wired.com/story/even-m...

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