National Security and Foreign Affairs
Democratic members of Congress are formally asking the House Oversight Committee to look into allegations of lax security practices in the Trump Administration.
Remember the unsecured Android handset that newly minted President Trump gave up, but then apparently didn't actually give up? Things had seemingly gone silent on that front as the world took some time out to focus on the rest of the deluge of insanity that is politics in 2017.
President Donald Trump may still beusing an unsecure Android smartphone, much to the chagrin of security professionals and at least one congressman, who is now calling for an investigation into the President's devices and cybersecurity practices.
It was revealed late last month that President Donald Trump had refused to give up his old Android phone. I pointed out at the time how the president using any non-secure phone was a bad idea, but the gravity of the situation has become apparent since then. More than a dozen members of Congress are now demanding an investigation of Trump's phone usage.
President Trump is still using his trusty old Android phone for early morning tweet storms — and California Congressman Ted Lieu wants to put a stop to it. That's because consumer-grade Android phones, especially if they're dated like the one that Trump is reportedly using, can easily be hacked.
In the month since he took office, Donald Trump has refused to drop his Samsung S3 in favor of the standard secured phone. That's a huge security problem, since conventional phones are vulnerable to any number of outside attacks, and the US president is one of the most valuable intelligence targets in the world.
U.S. President Donald Trump's aging smartphone – that he often uses to send his fiery tweets – should be investigated for security reasons, said one U.S. congressman.
On Friday, Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu from California presented a letter to the House Oversight Committee requesting an "investigation of Trump's reckless disregard for cybersecurity."
"Cybersecurity experts universally agree that an ordinary Android phone, which the President is reportedly using despite repeated warnings from the Secret Service, can be easily hacked," Lieu wrote in the letter, which was also signed by 14 other Congressional members. "The device President Trump insists on using -- most likely the Samsung Galaxy S3 -- has particularly well-documented vulnerabilities.
Despite universal warnings from security experts in and out of government, Donald Trump is apparently continuing to use an insecure, off-the-shelf Android phone. Now Ted Lieu is calling on his fellow Congressman to investigate the matter.