Trump’s National Security Adviser Mike Waltz reportedly exposed in another security lapse

This is not the first time such an oversight has been exposed.

Mike Waltz, U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, reportedly left his Venmo account open to the public, raising further concerns about security lapses in his office, Wired reported.

The revelation comes days after Waltz was at the center of a controversy involving a Signal group chat where highly sensitive U.S. military plans were leaked to a journalist. According to Wired, Waltz’s publicly accessible Venmo account, which bore his name and photograph, was visible until Wednesday afternoon.

His friend list included 328 accounts, some of which appeared to belong to key government officials, including National Security Council staffer Walker Barrett and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. Both Barrett and Wiles were also part of the Signal chat that disclosed operational plans for U.S. airstrikes on Houthis in Yemen. The leak has sparked calls from Democrats for Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign.

Waltz has accepted "full responsibility" for the incident, contradicting Trump’s claim that a “lower level” staffer was to blame.

Wired reported that several prominent figures, including Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw and Fox News journalists Bret Baier and Brian Kilmeade, were also among Waltz’s Venmo connections. After Wired approached the White House for comment, both Waltz and Wiles set their accounts to private.

This is not the first time such an oversight has been exposed. Last year, Wired reported that JD Vance, then Trump’s vice-presidential nominee, had also left his Venmo account public, revealing connections to key figures behind Project 2025, a controversial right-wing government plan.