Turns out the United States' new Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE sure lives up to it's namesake. According to a whistleblower report, it barely took a few minutes after DOGE workers had accounts created in the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for the system to receive login attempts from Russia featuring the correct user credentials. Now that's efficient.
ArsTechnica has the initial report on what appears to be a pretty damning account of the Elon Musk-helmed DOGE's activities against national security interests.
The report has been filed by NLRB employee and DevSecOps architect, Daniel Berulis, who noticed multiple redflags around DOGE's behaviour. This included the blatant dismissal of usual procedure leading to the creation of accounts with far greater security access than what was needed for the proposed function for DOGE employees. Berulis has also reported receiving threats to his home which included drone footage of Berulis at his home address.
"Mr. Berulis is coming forward today because of his concern that recent activity by members of the Department of Government Efficiency ('DOGE') have resulted in a significant cybersecurity breach that likely has and continues to expose our government to foreign intelligence and our nation's adversaries," said a letter from the group Whistleblower Aid to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence leaders and the US Office of Special Counsel.
The letter from Berulis and Whistleblower Aid as well as Berulis'...
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