They leak the secrets of Dialog, Peter Thiel’s exclusive club that brings together the world’s political and technological elite

The American magazine Wiredwhich confirmed the authenticity of the records, revealed that internal documents of the organization were exposed on the Internet and included names of participants and sensitive personal data which, according to the group’s own promises, were to remain confidential.

Dialog operates with a extremely low profile. Organiza annual off-registration withdrawals (“off the record“) involving U.S. officials, foreign government representatives, and top technology executives. For years, the organization He avoided disclosing who was part of his network of members.

The leaked documents show a unusual concentration of power. The list of registrants includes the general Alexus Grynkewichcurrent NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and head of the US European Command.

They also appear Donald Trump administration officialstwo US senators, six members of the so-called “PayPal Mafia”a former Middle East intelligence chief and a sitting ambassador to the United States.

The records also mention directors and founders from some of the leading companies in surveillance, data brokering and data-driven advertising.

Among them is Auren Hoffmanpresident of Dialog and founder of data companies SafeGraph and LiveRamp. According to the investigation, he appears in the same directory as the United States Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessantand the Republican senator Ted Cruzhead of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.

The list also includes the co-founder of Palantir, Joe Lonsdalein the same organization as the US Secretary of the Army, Dan Driscolland the Democratic representative Jim Himesa member of the committee that oversees US intelligence agencies.

The planned agenda for this year’s meeting includes sessions with titles such as “Does money buy happiness?”, “Take back the nuclear”, “Navigating World War III”“Battlefield Technologies” and “What’s Your Sex Life Like?”

Other panels propose debates on how “build a cult” o “create a political party”. Along with these topics, there are discussions about artificial intelligence, longevity and possible scenarios for the near future.

The documents also indicate that none of the public officials used government email accounts to register for the meeting. Instead, they turned to personal or corporate addresses.

The vulnerability was detected by the Swiss hacktivist maia arson crimewknown for previous leaks linked to surveillance systems and government databases. As told to Wiredcame to the information after receiving a anonymous tip.

Part of the records were stored in Airtablea commercial database platform. The attendance history of the participants, their biographies, cities of residence and private access tokens which functioned as login credentials.

The leak also revealed especially sensitive information. On the registration forms, Dialog consulted its members about their political orientation and expressly guaranteed them that this data would “never” be shared with other participants or published in the group application. However, that information was also exposed.

The organization also has its own platform to foster links between its members. It even has a dating site presented as a space to generate “meaningful connections for exceptional people.” On the forms, participants could indicate whether they were “looking for love” and request to be included in future matchmaking processes.

The leak also revealed a contradiction: although Dialog imposes strict confidentiality rules in their meetings and asks the moderators to remember that everything discussed is “off the record“, the security of its digital infrastructure had elementary flaws.

According to Wiredpart of member directory It was embedded directly in the code of their website and could be seen by any visitor who inspected the page’s source code.

Sometimes compared to the Bilderberg club, the secretive gathering of Western political leaders and businessmen, Dialog maintained a minimal public presence since its creation 20 years ago.

Thiel is one of the most influential and enigmatic entrepreneurs and investors from Silicon Valley. Co-founded PayPal in the late 1990s and then became the first outside investor in Facebooka bet that catapulted him among the most powerful figures in the global technological ecosystem.

He is also co-founder of Palantira company specialized in the analysis of large volumes of data that works with security and defense organizations of the United States. Throughout his career, he built a profile associated with frontier technologies, artificial intelligence and big long-term bets.

Although his influence in the industry is enormous, Thiel always cultivated an image of low profile and secrecy. His public appearances are rare and he usually maintains reserved agendas and closed discussion circles, such as Dialog.

In recent months, furthermore, landed in Buenos Aires with an equally reserved profile. The magnate held meetings with the president Javier Miley and other officials, acquired a property in Barrio Parque and spent several weeks in the city with his family. The real reasons for his arrival in the country were officially announced.