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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) serves an important purpose as part of the federal government. The watchdog for unfair labor practices, the NLRB responds to complaints with investigations, negotiations, and rulings. It also serves as a repository for union and corporate strategies, secrets, and protocols. According to a whistleblower, the agency's information and security may have been compromised.
The recent visit from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) left security experts concerned over the refusal to have their movements in the NLRB's systems logged, a spike in unexplained outbound data traffic, a program with a name suggesting it provided backdoor entry to the NLRB's internal case management systems found on the public GitHub account of a DOGE engineer, and a threatening note left on the door of an employee who was preparing to request an investigation.
The case information at the NLRB is private, sensitive, and protected by the Privacy Act of 1974. Given the red flags that DOGE's behavior raised while at the NLRB, many cybersecurity experts see cause to be alarmed.
While the administration has yet to define his actual role, Elon Musk is considered to be deeply involved in the running of DOGE. This presents conflicts of interest as Musk's companies have numerous government contracts and are involved with the NLRB in several ongoing cases. In theory, private data from those opposing Musk's...
A Guatemalan national residing in the U.S. illegally has been indicted for his alleged role in smuggling a 14-year-old girl into the country. Juan Tiul Xi, 26, was indicted on Thursday for alleged...