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Inside Peter Thiel's Invite-Only Dialog Network: Secret A-B-C Grading System for Billionaires and Politicians

Leaked records show staff and AI rank members by fame, wealth and political fit, with the most prominent receiving a C grade.

  • Leaked records reveal Peter Thiel's invite-only Dialog network uses a secret A-B-C grading system to rank attendees by fame, wealth, and influence, WIRED reports.
  • Founded in 2006 by Thiel and entrepreneur Auren Hoffman, Dialog operates as a closed forum where influential figures engage in off-the-record conversations and retreats.
  • The grades determine seating, moderation roles, and event fees reaching tens of thousands of dollars; the "C" grade reserves the highest tier for the most prominent figures.
  • A Swiss hacktivist exposed the directory after discovering a misconfigured website, revealing sitting Trump administration officials, two U.S. senators, and major data-company founders, WIRED reports.
  • This August, 222 registrants gather outside Dublin, Ireland, for discussions on geopolitics and technology, as Dialog maintains privacy emphasis despite the recent exposure.
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Tech billionaire Peter Thiel is practically making his own secret society. According to plans for his own "Dialogue" campus near Washington, a data leak shows how this handpicked elite circle actually works. Politicians, military, tech oligarchs, data dealers and investors talk about a world war, AI, battlefield technologies, sex life, cult formation and even dating for "extraordinary people." There are always so-called "secret societies" in whi…

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Peter Thiel's leak exposes data from top U.S. officials and creates a target for espionage A simple security flaw on Dialog's website, the secret society founded in 2006 by tech investor Peter Thiel, has exposed the personal data of 222 members, including senior U.S. government officials, senators, a NATO commander, and surveillance industry executives. The leak includes access tokens, political affiliations, and responses to an internal matchin…

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