DOGE Worker’s Code Supports NLRB Whistleblower – Krebs on Security – Go Health Pro

DOGE Worker’s Code Supports NLRB Whistleblower – Krebs on Security – Go Health Pro

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 from GitHub. Further investigation into one … Read more

DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data – Krebs on Security – Go Health Pro

DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data – Krebs on Security – Go Health Pro

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 unusual large data outflows coincided with … Read more

Eve Hill represents a coalition of leading disability rights advocates along with individual plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Social Security Administration and DOGE to stop unlawful cuts to social security services. – Go Health Pro

Eve Hill represents a coalition of leading disability rights advocates along with individual plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Social Security Administration and DOGE to stop unlawful cuts to social security services. – Go Health Pro

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), Deaf Equality, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, and Massachusetts Senior Action Council, along with individual plaintiffs, filed a federal lawsuit today against the Social Security Administration (SSA), Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek, DOGE Acting Administrator Amy Gleason, … Read more

What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase. – Go Health Pro

What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase. – Go Health Pro

Like many legacy government IT systems, SSA systems contain code written in COBOL, a programming language created in part in the 1950s by computing pioneer Grace Hopper. The Defense Department essentially pressured private industry to use COBOL soon after its creation, spurring widespread adoption and making it one of the most widely used languages for … Read more

DOGE axes CISA ‘red team’ staffers amid ongoing federal cuts – Go Health Pro

DOGE axes CISA ‘red team’ staffers amid ongoing federal cuts – Go Health Pro

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has fired more than a hundred employees working for the U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency CISA, including “red team” staffers, two people affected by the layoffs told TechCrunch.  The people, who asked not to be named, said affected employees were axed immediately when their network access was revoked with … Read more