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Sean Lyngaas

Washington, D.C.

Cybersecurity Reporter at CNN

@CNN cybersecurity reporter | Tips: Signal 202-355-8471 | [email protected] | @DukeU/@FletcherSchool alum | Proud Dad | @LFC

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  • 1 week ago | cnn.com | Sean Lyngaas

    Mike Waltz checks his mobile phone while attending a cabinet meeting held by US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 30. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters CNN  —  A phone app that Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, apparently used to save his text messages has temporarily suspended its services as it investigates a cybersecurity incident, a spokesperson for the app’s parent company told CNN on Monday.

  • 3 weeks ago | ace.mu.nu | Sean Lyngaas

    « THE MORNING RANT: The Slippery Slope to (Re)Normalizing American Slavery Keeps Getting Slipperier | Main You've got to be ****ing kidding me with this sh** now, CNN. You cannot be serious. You simply cannot be. I know what you're thinking -- this bureaucrat was probably in terrific shape, which means that the heart attack was caused not by 50+ years of unhealthy living but just by Trump's and Musk's nefarious plotting.

  • 1 month ago | cnn.com | Sean Lyngaas

    Photo illustration by CNN/Getty Images CNN  —  Stress and anxiety had been building for weeks in Monique Lockett, a 25-year veteran of the Social Security Administration, about the fate of her colleagues and the sensitive agency data she had vowed to protect, her sister Ksha told CNN. In February, amid sweeping changes to the federal workforce, Monique was five years from retirement but was facing one of the most uncertain periods of her career, according to Ksha.

  • 1 month ago | krdo.com | Sean Lyngaas |Katie Bo Lillis |Alayna Treene

    By Sean Lyngaas, Katie Bo Lillis and Alayna Treene, CNN(CNN) — The Trump administration has fired the director and deputy director of the National Security Agency, the United States’ powerful cyber intelligence bureau, according to members of the Senate and House intelligence committees and two former officials familiar with the matter. The dismissal of Gen.

  • 1 month ago | cnnespanol.cnn.com | Sean Lyngaas |Katie Bo Lillis

    El director de la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional, general Timothy Haugh, habla durante una audiencia del Comité de Inteligencia del Senado el 25 de marzo de 2025.

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Sean Lyngaas
Sean Lyngaas @snlyngaas
6 May 25

Phone app Mike Waltz apparently used to retain Signal messages is investigating a hack: https://t.co/0l2VRcIZs7

Sean Lyngaas
Sean Lyngaas @snlyngaas
2 May 25

German Foreign Office responds to Rubio

GermanForeignOffice
GermanForeignOffice @GermanyDiplo

@SecRubio This is democracy. This decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our Constitution & the rule of law. It is independent courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped.

Sean Lyngaas
Sean Lyngaas @snlyngaas
2 May 25

RT @NatashaBertrand: NEW: The Trump admin has been examining whether it can label some suspected cartel and gang members inside the US as “…