• Washedupcynic@lemm.ee
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    Should be noted that the whistleblower’s disclosure was accompanied by a cover letter from his attorney, Andrew Bakaj of Whistleblower Aid, which said that, after he raised concerns internally about DOGE’s inroads into the agency, he received a physically taped threat on his door containing personal information and overhead photos of him walking his dog.

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    The claim is that Starlink is compromised by Russia, and DOGE is sending all private data it extracts from agencies via Starlink, including sensitive Department of Energy data.

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      Not the whole claim.

      “The first thing, what Dan witnessed was that within 15 minutes of DOGE employees creating user accounts, i.e. Usernames and passwords, within 15 minutes of those accounts being created, somebody or something from Russia tried to log in with the right username and right passwords — that is to say — the right credentials. And that happened over 20 times.”

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      I believe the allegation is that DOGE+Musk+Starlink=Russia? Kind of hard to tell because there’s a lot in there. I don’t think it’s saying Russia compromised Starlink, but that these people are sharing data and access with Russia. Some details or logs would help.

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        Wouldn’t surprise me if none of that shit was encrypted and it got manipulated on the fly. Not asking for any recounts was one of Kamala’s biggest mistakes. It should really be standard practice to do at least a spot check.

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    But the most shocking allegations came from Bakaj, who not only claimed that accounts based in Russia were using newly created DOGE usernames and passwords to access sensitive data, but also directly tied the effort to Elon Musk and his Starlink concerns, which has a relationship with the Kremlin.

    “There are two data points that I wanna point out that should give everybody pause,” Bakaj said. “The first thing, what Dan witnessed was that within 15 minutes of DOGE employees creating user accounts, i.e. Usernames and passwords, within 15 minutes of those accounts being created, somebody or something from Russia tried to log in with the right username and right passwords — that is to say — the right credentials. And that happened over 20 times.”

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    “The second data point, which is really critical, is that DOGE has also been using Starlink as a means to exfiltrate data,” he continued. “What that means is that, from our understanding, Russia has a direct pipeline of information through Starlink, which means that anything going through Starlink is going to Russia.”

    And he was going to help Ukraine with giving them Starlink transceivers. Right.

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    And just remember, there is a starlink connection at the White House. We are so fucked.

  • Anyone with 2 connected brain cells understands that:

    Trump = Russian asset = Russian infiltration into every aspect of U.S. gov’t.

    Only a matter of time before Russia and China take over and divvy up the U.S.

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    THIS is HARD PROOF! That the Department Overseeing Foreign Hostile Influence in America needs to be DISBANDED! And DONT worry about your Social Security getting GUTTED!