A secret society of the worldâs elites co-founded by spyware billionaire Peter Thiel has been exposed by hacktivists.
Dialog is a private, invitation-only network, co-founded in 2006 by Palantir chairman Thiel and data entrepreneur Auren Hoffman.
The organisation holds off-the-record summits for powerful figures from the worlds of politics, finance, military, celebrity and tech.
Frequently compared to the Bilderberg Group and World Economic Forum, Dialog has spent two decades refusing to disclose the identity of its members and has a private website.
However, a directory in the websiteâs code was revealed by Swiss hacktivist maia arson crimew, who previously leaked the US governmentâs no-fly list and hacked surveillance-camera company Verkada, WIRED reported.
The directory included âparticipant profilesâ for those planning to attend the groupâs summits, featuring contact information, facts about themselves - and even if they were âlooking for loveâ at Dialog events.
Profiles included Texas senator Ted Cruz, US treasury secretary Scott Bessent, chief economist at Israelâs finance ministry of Shmuel Abramzon, and a number of Google and Google DeepMind execs.
Other names from the world of entertainment include Hollywood actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Josh Brolin, podcast host and author Sam Harris, and tech entrepreneur and longevity obsessive Bryan Johnson, Straight Arrow News reported.
In many cases it isnât known if those named are full members, conference participants or merely guests of the organisation.
WIRED reported that a separate source revealed details of an upcoming Dialog retreat at a venue outside Dublin, Ireland.
The retreat, due to be held 12-16 August this year, is set to host NATOâs top US commander Alexus Grynkewich, as well as multiple officials from the Trump administration, two US senators, a former Middle East chief of intelligence, and a sitting ambassador to the United States.
Also present will be six members of the so-called âPaypal Mafiaâ, and a number of those running the USâs most prominent surveillance and data firms.
The conference is set to feature sessions titled âNavigating WWIIIâ, âBattlefield Technologiesâ, âMoney (Does?) Buy Happinessâ, âBring Back Nuclearâ and âBuild-a-Cultâ, the latter of which will be moderated by the founder of the Christian networking site
Pray.com.