None of this should be surprising, but to belabor the point: DOGE has everything. It is well past time to stop nickel-and-diming the story.
There is a new lengthy investigation out from NPR today detailing how Elon Musk’s waste and government efficiency initiative has barreled into the National Labor Relations Department and exfiltrated mass amounts of sensitive data, taking great lengths to cover its tracks, and even threatening employees who speak out. Experts in cybersecurity likened the actions taken to those of a state-sponsored hacking group, questioning why a mandate to save money in government would require such cloak-and-dagger behavior—DOGE staffers demanded activity logging be disabled, and wiped anonymous user accounts on the way out.
The most salacious detail in the story regards Daniel Berulis, an IT employee who pieced together breadcrumbs left behind by DOGE and triggered a formal investigation of what appeared to be a serious, ongoing breach or potentially illegal removal of sensitive data:
In the days after Berulis and his colleagues prepared a request for CISA’s help investigating the breach, Berulis found a printed letter in an envelope taped to his door, which included threatening language, sensitive personal information and overhead pictures of him walking his dog, according to the cover letter attached to his official disclosure. It’s unclear who sent it, but the letter made specific reference to his decision to report the breach. Law enforcement is...
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