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Category: DOGE

  • Dismantling Defenses: Trump 2.0 Cyber Year in Review

    Dismantling Defenses: Trump 2.0 Cyber Year in Review The Trump administration has pursued a staggering range of policy pivots this past year that threaten to weaken the nation’s ability and willingness to address a broad spectrum of technology challenges, from cybersecurity and privacy to countering disinformation, fraud and corruption. These shifts, along with the president’s…

  • DOGE Denizen Marko Elez Leaked API Key for xAI

    DOGE Denizen Marko Elez Leaked API Key for xAI Marko Elez, a 25-year-old employee at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has been granted access to sensitive databases at the U.S. Social Security Administration, the Treasury and Justice departments, and the Department of Homeland Security. So it should fill all Americans with a deep…

  • xAI Dev Leaks API Key for Private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs

    xAI Dev Leaks API Key for Private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs An employee at Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI leaked a private key on GitHub that for the past two months could have allowed anyone to query private xAI large language models (LLMs) which appear to have been custom made for working with internal data from…

  • DOGE Worker’s Code Supports NLRB Whistleblower

    DOGE Worker’s Code Supports NLRB Whistleblower A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleged last week that denizens of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) siphoned gigabytes of data from the agency’s sensitive case files in early March. The whistleblower said accounts created for DOGE at the NLRB downloaded three code repositories…

  • Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data

    Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data A security architect with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleges that employees from Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) transferred gigabytes of sensitive data from agency case files in early March, using short-lived accounts configured to leave few traces of network activity. The NLRB whistleblower said the…

  • Trump Revenge Tour Targets Cyber Leaders, Elections

    Trump Revenge Tour Targets Cyber Leaders, Elections President Trump last week revoked security clearances for Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) who was fired by Trump after declaring the 2020 election the most secure in U.S. history. The White House memo, which also suspended clearances for other security…

  • How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack

    How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”…

  • DOGE to Fired CISA Staff: Email Us Your Personal Data

    DOGE to Fired CISA Staff: Email Us Your Personal Data A message posted on Monday to the homepage of the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is the latest exhibit in the Trump administration’s continued disregard for basic cybersecurity protections. The message instructed recently-fired CISA employees to get in touch so they can be…

  • Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’

    Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’ Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk‘s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was given access to sensitive US government systems even though his past association with cybercrime communities should have precluded him from gaining the necessary security clearances to do so.…