{"id":230825,"date":"2026-04-03T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/the-white-house-app-is-riddled-with-cybersecurity-vulnerabilities\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:45:12","slug":"the-white-house-app-is-riddled-with-cybersecurity-vulnerabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/the-white-house-app-is-riddled-with-cybersecurity-vulnerabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"The White House App Is Riddled With Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

The White House App Is Riddled With Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.notus.org\/technology\/trump-white-house-app-cybersecurity<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-03 14:16:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.notus.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Cybersecurity researchers warn that the White House\u2019s new app regularly shares users\u2019 IP addresses, time zones and other data to third-party services. But most of its users wouldn\u2019t know that, because the app doesn\u2019t disclose its data sharing the way most others do.<\/p>\n

The cybersecurity experts\u2019 reviews of the app code turned up a host of issues that they say make data \u2014 for both users and some White House staffers \u2014 vulnerable. Several told NOTUS they were shocked by the slipshod approach to cybersecurity by the federal government, especially while the U.S. is engaged in war.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. government\u2019s infrastructure is being attacked from all sides right now, and having an amateur WordPress developer running the White House\u2019s public presence puts everybody who visits it at risk,\u201d Philip Fields, a cybersecurity researcher and former FBI intelligence analyst, told NOTUS. \u201cIf this were just some random app out on the App Store representing whatever small business \u2026 this would not be a story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s not,\u201d Fields said. \u201cThis is the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n

The app ranks as the third-most downloaded news app in the Apple App Store as of Friday. The White House released the app last week, and Trump on Monday promoted it<\/span> as a source for \u201cfront-row access to all news from your favorite president.\u201d He encouraged all of his fans to download it.<\/p>\n

A White House press release<\/span> announcing the app\u2019s launch said that it \u201cdelivers unparalleled access to the Trump administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

A researcher shared screenshots with NOTUS showing that Elfsight \u2014 a third-party, Russia-founded<\/span> software kit company that provides premade widgets for the app \u2014 makes public the personal information of some White House staffers through the app, as of Thursday. NOTUS is not publishing further details to protect the staffers\u2019 privacy, but it was visible…<\/p>\n

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