[dobin]

Its not just this website. Since DOGE, China probably canceled all vacation days for their hackers, as its a free for all. Firing of most so many people including security departments and most likely the (good) femboy furry hackers.

Is the newly created user with name "bigballs" who downloads whole government databases a foreign TA or just DOGE? Who knows. Who cares, certainly not the Government.

The data and access gained currently by China, Russia, NK and SA will continue to be useful until and way after the next war.

[cyberlimerence]

Oh I have no doubt about that. You have people, who would not be able to obtain a security clearance in a 100 years if they tried, running around, accessing government databases and taking "backups" offsite. Maybe law enforcement/Pentagon/intelligence data is not under threat at the moment, but in a couple of years who knows. Meanwhile people get fired, proper access protocols and communications continue to breakdown, and you get chaos. And every spy agency loves chaos.

[leptons]

Nothing they have done or will do is supposed to make America better, it's designed to destabilize the country. They want America to fail so that they can rule over the ashes.

[TheGRS]

I'm honestly just hoping "security by obscurity" is helping things for the moment. There's no way a 20 year old is figuring out the data structures of an entire department and getting all the data in a single day.

[trhway]

> Maybe law enforcement/Pentagon/intelligence data is not under threat at the moment

the payments data would tell a lot about intelligence networks for example or about various Pentagon contractors.

Remember Assange? He did a decade under house arrest for a leak paling in comparison to what happens today. How times have changed.

[addandsubtract]

> Is the newly created user with name "bigballs" who downloads whole government databases a foreign TA or just DOGE? Who knows. Who cares, certainly not the Government.

Someone willing to work without morals for money can just be bought by the next highest bidder. Anything they touch should be treated as compromised.

[not2b]

If they'd only been downloading data that would be bad enough, but they've been modifying code as well, code that they don't understand. It's the biggest security disaster in recent history (perhaps Kim Philby giving everything to the Russians was worse) and entirely self-inflicted.

[taurknaut]

I don't even think half of them are getting paid. They're doing it gratis.

[radicalbyte]

They don't even need to: they have direct access via their agents. Such as the new intelligence chief and a couple of the DOGE boys who've already been caught directly selling NDA'd information.

[hansvm]

Sorry if this comes across the wrong way; I'm just trying to stay in the loop: Is that referring to the DOGE boys who were caught between months and years ago, or is there a confirmed leak of the new information?

[Freedom2]

I think the good thing is that the DOGE team seem extremely humble and willing to learn from their mistakes, rather than pass the blame in ignorance. Just like their leader!

[asynchronousx]

Important to clarify that USDS (DOGE) does not have access to any military systems or intelligence systems. They only have the current access due to the historic process of the USDS.

[dragonwriter]

They certainly have access to classified intelligence-related information, since they published it (regarding NRO), whether or not they have access to intelligence systems.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-website-posts-classified-inf...

[rightbyte]

> Firing of most so many people including security departments and most likely the (good) femboy furry hackers.

Why is this not a joke?

Edit: Rethorical question.

[morkalork]

Is there a source for the vacation days thing? That's the kind of story that has an apocryphal vibe to it like the Pentagon Domino's Pizza meter has.

[hn_acker]

>> Since DOGE, China probably canceled all vacation days for their hackers, as its a free for all.

> Is there a source for the vacation days thing?

The "vacation days" line seems to be a jokingly hyperbolic prediction. China might have directed more resources (including hackers) toward collecting the data exposed by DOGE and Elon Musk's actions (and might try to widen the crack), but is unlikely to have literally cancelled all vacation days for said hackers.