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X is preventing users from posting links to a newsletter containing a hacked document that’s alleged to be the Trump campaign’s research into vice presidential candidate JD Vance. The journalist who wrote the newsletter, Ken Klippenstein, has been suspended from the platform. Searches for posts containing a link to the newsletter turn up nothing.

The document allegedly comes from an Iranian hack of the Trump campaign. Though other news outlets have received information from the hack, they declined to publish. Klippenstein says in his newsletter that a source called “Robert,” with an AOL email address, offered him the document. Contained in it are what appear to be Vance’s full name, addresses, and part of his social security number.

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[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

Oh no, Vance's full name? How dare he? Now everyone will know his middle name is "Mertrude," which is weird because he changed his own name, so he picked that, spelled it that way, and then thought his middle initial was "D."

And of course none of that's true. But if it were true, on the list of 100 weirdest Vance facts, it wouldn't even rank.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago

Fake news, the JD stands for Jorkin DePeanus

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Ok, that made me chuckle.

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

This timeline is so fucking stupid I wasn't immediately discounting the "Mertrude" claim because.... well this timeline is fucking stupid.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, when we’re seeing shit like this? You’re not wrong.

it also has his phone #, address, half of his SSN, and email as well as some other PII that probably shouldn't be out there, but oh well.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So, basically what you would have gotten from the white pages, and an incomplete social security number. Is he worried someone is going to try to steal his identity? Mail him anthrax? Text or email him dick pics? Wasn't he already concerned about those things? He's the nominee for VP, and his running mate tried to have his predecessor killed on national television. He has tied to Russian oligarchs who defenestrate judges, and he's the target of international spies who want his access to state secrets. He's worried about half his social security number?

it's his complete dox essentially. Unsure if that phone # is his personal or a work, but if its his personal i could see that being pretty annoying, having your personal/work phone being completely overwhelmed by like 20 million people on the internet would be something.

I can see why it's a concern, but i've seen far worse on twitter, so i can't really care.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I mean, I can also understand the knee jerk reaction, but I cannot imagine that he hasn't had a new phone with a new number since the moment they knew their data was compromised.

if not now as soon as his phone explodes lol

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

It doesn't take much to find anyones SSN.

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