Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said some staffers had installed “spying software” on her phone and computer.
Noem said Elon Musk and his team helped make the discovery.
“Performing my role as Secretary of Homeland Security has shown me just how real and dangerous the deep state really is. @elonmusk helped us find that a few DHS staff had installed spying software on the phones and computers of myself and other political hires. We found secret, secure rooms with hidden files that we turned over to attorneys,” Noem explained.
“Under the leadership of @POTUS Trump, @DHSgov is returning to the standard of excellence and behavior we expect our government agencies to function at. We will root out actors who do not have the interests of America in mind,” she continued.
“You wouldn’t believe what I’ve found since I’ve been in this department,” Noem told podcast host Patrick Bet-David.
Noem told Bet-David that a secret SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility) recently discovered “had files nobody knew existed.”
“An employee walked by a door and wondered what it was and started asking questions,” Noem said.
“We went in there and there was individuals working there that had secret files that nobody knew about on some of these most controversial topics,” she added.
Noem said Musk and his team were “extremely helpful,” telling Bet-David that they helped her identify that some of her own employees in her department had downloaded software on her phone and laptop to spy on her.
She said they used the software to “record our meetings.”
Watch the clip below:
Performing my role as Secretary of Homeland Security has shown me just how real and dangerous the deep state really is.@elonmusk helped us find that a few DHS staff had installed spying software on the phones and computers of myself and other political hires. We found secret,… pic.twitter.com/ktnM6j7kog
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) February 26, 2026
“Kristi Noem details nonstop cyber threats to America’s grid, ports, and elections, alleging secret DHS files, internal spying, and firings of bad actors. She discusses China’s infiltration risks, CISA’s role, and efforts to expose misconduct inside Homeland Security,” Valuetainment wrote.
Watch the full episode with Noem below: