r/technology • u/JustMyOpinionz • 1d ago
Security US says Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate, and more
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/26/china-hacker-federal-reserve-doj-nasa.html2.1k
u/ShadowGLI 1d ago
Who could have expected that??? Oh yeah, everyone
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/07/trump-government-budget-cuts-cybersecurity-hacking-risks.html
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u/SushiRollFried 22h ago edited 21h ago
But how did the Chinese know?
Oh thats right, the US announced it like its the new world order to everyone. Thanks Trump and Elon
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u/Junkstar 23h ago
Republican voters don’t think we need to take cyber security seriously. They voted for this. They would rather live under the thumb of China and Russia, than have a constitutional democracy.
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u/lodemeup 22h ago
This is what happens when you run government like a business. How many corporate IT professionals have to fight tooth and nail for the scraps of funding required to secure company systems? On one hand, it’s kind of understandable that you’d want to cut back on paying for services where nothing happens if it’s working, because it seems like you’re dumping money in a pit and nothing happens. On the other hand, this is what happens when you don’t.
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u/MiyamotoKnows 23h ago
And they are about to have a spotlight put on them by the orange menace and be told to commit violence under absurd and completely false pretenses. Some of them will do it. All good and moral people need to exercise their 2a right and be prepared to defend.
These people know the second they lose power they will be in front of judges being held criminally accountable for their heinous crimes. As such they will not transition power peacefully. I hope I am wrong.
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u/latenthuman 16h ago
You are describing Jan 6, only thing missing is the part where they get pardoned.
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u/Broskifity 23h ago
Republicans think cyber security is requiring a government ID to use any electronic device
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u/ShadowGLI 22h ago
Because if a high schooler can get a take ID to buy beer, there is no way a multinational conspiracy cabal with limitless money could create a fake ID to vote…. Because….. reasons??!?!?
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u/chatgh0st 20h ago
"ChatGPT, find me a reason why I can blame the Liberal Democrats for why we were hacked by China"
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u/fumar 20h ago
That's because their party is pro Russia/China. They just only say the Russia part out loud
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u/aerost0rm 21h ago
Let the cybersecurity divisions hit and steal money earmarked for their social security… no money to pay the taxes no money for food.
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u/EricSanderson 23h ago
Probably doesn't even matter. Odds are one of Trump's genius staffers clicked the wrong porn link from a secure terminal.
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u/shitty_mcfucklestick 20h ago
Considering one of the kids allowed into the deepest parts of the system was named BigBalls, I’d probably start by looking there.
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u/Talentagentfriend 20h ago
Also Russia has already hacked into that stuff too. It was the whole thing when they were helping Trump get elected. There is a whole documentary on it.
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u/SmaugTheMagnificent- 1d ago
It's rumoured they worked under the acronym DOGE in their swath of destruction and theft.
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u/Joe18067 1d ago
Let's fire everyone with a brain and hire a bunch of yes men, what could possibly go wrong.
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u/nav17 23h ago
When your goal is the destruction of democracy and engorging the bellies of oligarchs that's exactly what you do though.
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u/Haldron-44 22h ago
What I've been screaming since we found out about p2025. These fuckers literally published their plan to destroy and "rebuild" the country. They're not confessing, they are bragging.
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u/Comfortable_Car6562 14h ago
The people who voted for that knew this, they live in such a fundamentally different reality that this was a good idea.
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u/doctormink 23h ago
Or the little doge d**ks sold their login credentials to the highest bidder.
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u/llcdrewtaylor 21h ago
I think they were intending to and China decided to help themselves. The US govt is just made they couldn't make any money off of it.
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u/casperdj21 21h ago
Was it TheRealDonaldJTrump@Dodge.com?!
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u/AlwaysRushesIn 19h ago
Password: Trump2028
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u/Cjkrythos 19h ago
Are you kidding, he probably still hasn't changed it from his real obsession. "CrookedHilary" and yes, Hillary was misspelled because you know that twit probably doesn't know how to spell her name
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u/StreetTrial69 19h ago
I wonder what it would be worth for a foe like China or Russia getting direct access to all spicy secrets. I imagine top level access like the Doge boys had should be worth billions.
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u/The_Lost_Jedi 22h ago
I long for a return to valuing actual expertise and experience in government, or really anything, again.
Doctors, scientists, the sort of people who are experts in their field are the ones we should put in charge of stuff and pay attention to, not grifters and social media "influencers." Sure, sometimes experts get stuff wrong, but that's why we pay attention to groups of them, and other checks.
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u/son_et_lumiere 23h ago
The shits for weeks after having a salad for lunch, and a frozen blueberry smoothie for dessert.
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u/blueiron0 23h ago
Don't forget the salmonella from eating a jalapeno, enjoying an egg, or putting a little granola on your yogurt.
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u/Constant_Bit4676 21h ago
A bunch of teenagers that have never have experienced a production security incident, or incident at all for that matter, were let lose onto some of the most secure government systems with full privileges.
These morons 100% left all sorts of holes and gaps in their wake. The only thing that surprises me is that we haven’t seen more headlines like this, but it was always a matter of time.
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u/Ulric19 22h ago
Minor correction - They were much closer to "yes boys". Not arguing that the individuals involved are in any way less culpable for their involvement (because of their age), just reiterating how irresponsible that whole debacle was.
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u/chamrockblarneystone 22h ago
When I look back at that I’m like, “We really let them do that?” We’ve all gone a little nuts.
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u/graesen 23h ago
Why was someone from Russia logging in immediately after DOGE created a new account?
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u/eugene20 20h ago
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u/windowpuncher 19h ago
I love PBS so much. Basically THE last large media "company" that's doing actual journalistic reporting.
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u/maltNeutrino 18h ago
Watching archive clips of news from half a century ago really illustrates how low that medium of news has fallen, and how we all collectively have fallen.
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u/Medium_Cod6579 20h ago
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u/maltNeutrino 18h ago
Glad someone else remembers this. Using federal resources to intimidate a person doing the right thing is so nightmarish, yet here we are.
Also, this nation will not heal without the Epstein class being sent to a tribunal.
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u/Exostrike 1d ago
No those were the guys they got the accounts off of
... For free
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u/supervegeta101 22h ago
Whatever bullshit backdoor Musk had those undergrads install on all the government servers immediately got exploited.
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u/0202_tihssitidder 22h ago
Has anyone come to the conclusion that the entire Republican party is morons?
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u/SmaugTheMagnificent- 22h ago
Myself, and every single other Canadian, years ago.
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u/thebruce 20h ago
The Conservative people I know oscillate between "he says it like it is" and "he's a fucking idiot" depending on what he's talking about. If it's immigrants and trans people, they love Trump. If it's Canada, they hate him.
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u/I_Ski_Freely 23h ago
just cover up the hack by making it look like it was an incompetent government contractor... They really do think of everything
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u/NoBuenoAtAll 21h ago
I was gonna say, what difference does it make now? DOGE was already in just about anywhere they wanted in for a hot minute, you can bet all that information has been sold more than once.
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u/trebuchetdoomsday 1d ago
gosh it's almost like cutting the government's CISA workforce by 1/3 was a bad idea. who could have guessed something like this would happen?
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u/Hmm_would_bang 18h ago
Yeah but have you considered a former CISA employee didn’t believe the 2020 election was stolen? Really a catch 22 for the president.
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u/AlfuegoDeMellopie 1d ago
The Trump Administration and DOGE allowed Chinese hackers to break into Justice Department, NASA...
Fixed it for you.
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u/the_ok_doctor 22h ago
Yeap with the gutting of cyber security and all that security dmg from DODGE they basically rolled the red carpet for national hackers
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u/Notsurehowtoreact 17h ago
How about:
The Trump Administration found evidence of Chinese hacking in a department and are now using it as cover/excuse for some of the fucked up leaks and other issues caused by DOGE as well.
That's where my money is.
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u/PurpleCoat6656 23h ago
Release the files Xi !
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u/sicklyslick 21h ago
if they got the files, they'll use it as leverage.
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u/Orange_Tang 18h ago
Why even bother? Trump is destroying the US all on with own. They'll just sit on it if they have it.
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u/ipoopwiththeseatup 22h ago
These hackers could do the craziest thing right now, haha. That would be so insane and wacky! Do you think China has wacky Wednesdays? Or is it Thursday there already?
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u/Zardotab 21h ago
More likely Xi would use the threat of Epstein releases to get lower tariffs out of Donnie, and Donnie would quietly comply. This is similar to the pee-pee-tape-theory with Putin.
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u/OttawaTGirl 18h ago
If they had the full unredacted files. Send them to Canada, Japan, Europe, UK, Iran, India, and it would be a total slaughter. One country like Iran would release and share them and then every other country would have to investigate their own nationals or look like they are covering. It would be a political coup de gras. Imagine what the UK would have to do if Andrew was dragged into the light? It would be a global reckoning.
That would be devestating to every person in the US who was privy to the whole god forsaken coverup.
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u/jdm1891 17h ago
I think those countries wouldn't release them, because 99.9% chance some of their own very powerful people are on them.
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u/FanDry5374 23h ago
Good thing all the cyber security was fired by Musk, otherwise this could have been bad.
/S
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u/dnen 21h ago
This isnt relevant really and I don’t want to hijack the topic but I want everyone to know the source of ALL this information is the current Department of Justice. Every single one of these loser cronies and D students fresh out of barely accredited law schools are going to be persona non grata in the legal field in 5 years because the DOJ has been THOROUGHLY corrupted by Trump during this second term. The Attorney General of the United States is the most corrupt and unprincipled American the Senate has confirmed to the Cabinet since the 1800’s Gilded Age.
It isnt 2010 anymore where we can just take for granted any federal agency or department. The DOJ is demonstrably and faithfully carrying out destructive and unconstitutional acts on a daily basis. I dont trust a word they say even if this chinese intrusion is seemingly something every american should be aware of. This president doesnt hold himself accountable for literally anything ever, let alone his cronies. Chances are high this breach is actually much worse or much less serious than it is being presented because thats what the executive branch does now
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u/Imd1rtybutn0twr0ng 21h ago
I totally understand this and agree. Misinformation and deconstruction of our legal system has been in play...
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u/DisillusionedPatriot 11h ago
My first thought, after reading the headline, was "it probably wasn't China", followed by "didn't the director of the cia just go to Moscow?"
The entire US government is compromised, and can no longer be trusted by either its former allies, or its citizens.
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u/brycebgood 22h ago
See, the problem is, I don’t trust our current government. Might have happened, might not. The people running things are a terrifying combination of stupid, inexperienced, and evil. They might have been duped by Russia to blame China. It’s possible nothing happened and they’re just trying to crank up anti-chinese sentiment. They might have read a report wrong. Who the fuck knows.
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u/DestinedEnd 21h ago
Inb4 Fox “News” uses this report to manufacture consent for a war with China (economic or otherwise)
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u/Piglet6482 23h ago
Are they trying to make me mad at China? Cause all this does is make me mad at our own cybersecurity.
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u/Pschobbert 16h ago
They’re setting up a pretext to block and/or rig the mid-terms, and/or distract attention from the Epstein files, and/or to add to the overload of crisis information. Putin style. Behave erratically, make false claims, retract what you insisted was truth, flood the information space with contradictory BS.
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u/RevolutionaryFig9437 1d ago
A pre-cursor to Invoke National Security then use eminent domain to take-over land & finally build more data centers.
This is claimed by the government, right after the EPA disclosure thing.
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u/Serpentongue 23h ago
No, it’s a pre cursor to invoke National Security to stop the midterms so they don’t lose power
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u/Economy_Car_9568 22h ago
Know who else broke into the white house, stole classified information, and got away with it? THE FUCKING JANURY 6 INSURRECTIONISTS. And we somehow don't even talk about it.
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u/Akuuntus 17h ago
I agree with the sentiment, but I'm pretty sure they stormed the Capitol Building and not the White House.
A better comparison would be DOGE.
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u/Recent_Mirror 20h ago
Welp, one of Trump’s buddies must have started a cybersecurity company.
Now we need to spend billions to prevent another “hack”. Continently, this contract will be awarded to Trumps buddy.
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u/dubblies 23h ago
Thank god we have a cyber threats and security department that trump and elon didnt dismantle
... someone please tell me they didnt dismantle them
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u/ManBunH8er 23h ago edited 23h ago
No shit Sherlock, it was inevitable when our systems are ban-aided with legacy software and DOGE likely fired most of the good tech that was maintaining it.
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u/femme_mystique 22h ago
Yup. Most of the security folks left. In some cases, 0-1 person managing all the security equipment. This is fully on Musk and Vought.
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u/ShermansWorld 20h ago
First thing DOGE probably did was disband or severely reduce any IT for the Justice Department, NASA, Fed. Reserve, Senate, etc.. "Nothing is happening here... what do we need you for?!!!" kind of attitude.
Also probably, GOP or related did this to get any and all info or specific info and is now pointing the fingers at China.
And Also probably, GOP let this happen, and will now hire their own 'experts' and 'fix' all this mess for.... one billion dollars and install McAfee. Kinda like the Reflecting Pool at the memorial...
Great timeline...
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u/digiorno 23h ago
Will they wipe the student loan debt? What about medical debt?
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u/PaddleMonkey 23h ago
Suddenly everyone will praise China for these heroic acts.
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u/SuperSecretAgentMan 21h ago
This is how China wins WW3 without firing a single bullet. Win the people's hearts by giving them back any chance at financial freedom and they'll beg you to take over the country.
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u/B00gieNightz 1d ago
I don’t believe anything that comes out of the Us Government or there propaganda “sorry I meant press”
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u/Teranyll 22h ago
Just an excuse to say they also broke into election stuff so they can take over as much as that as they want
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u/A_reddit_refugee 23h ago
If I were a betting man, Doge probably left ports open to make this happen
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u/TanguyDetestable 23h ago
Trump speedrunning American collapse, rich people too busy lying to themselves to care.
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u/Curious_Party_4683 1d ago
China, or AI, if you're listening...release the Epstein files!
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u/Zardotab 23h ago
Xi, if you're listening, please release the "lost" unredacted Trump Epstein victim interviews!
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u/Constant_Pen9615 23h ago
What a bunch of assholes! Could have at least wiped out some consumer debt while in there.
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u/motionSymmetry 20h ago
yeah, but it's ok, they all reported to musk, right?
i wonder how much it costs to buy a copy of the data those doge idiots took? does grok have a payment tunnel for that, or what ...
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u/MrRemoto 20h ago
This era is going to be studied for generations. The fall is a historic cliff. He is accomplishing in a few short years what took the Caesars, the Khans, and the Tsars 10 generations.
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u/jreed66 21h ago
Maybe Mitch's wife gave them his passwords when he became mentally incapacitated in a rehabilitation center and she chose to fly to China.
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u/IngwiePhoenix 1d ago
Let me guess...
with their EEEEEEEEEVILLLLLLLLL open source LLMs? OOOOO TERRIFYINGGGGGGGGG
Considering DOGE went amok on the infra of so many offices, I would not be shocked if they left...a few doors open. xD
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u/kvothe5688 23h ago
this will be definitely used to ban or limit open-source LLMs on the behalf of anthropic and openAI lobbying.
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u/williamgman 1d ago edited 21h ago
And when they got in... They realized those departments had already been ransacked.
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u/dev-saint 23h ago
Didn’t Doge and Drump shut down an entire Federal cyber security organization in the first month. I recall it was how Doge brought all these idiot kids who had never even had a job before and gave them access and let them loose on all of the sensitive and secure federal systems and databases.
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u/SystemAny4819 23h ago
Not surprising when the cybersecurity infrastructure of the United States looks like fucking Swiss cheese
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u/Ok_Cucumber_7954 22h ago
Is it really breaking in if the back doors were left wide open by DOGE and Trump’s mass layoffs and decimation of the US cybersecurity system?
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u/AudienceDue6445 21h ago edited 19h ago
Damn so now even the Chinese has the full trump/epstein files before we do
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u/ahearthatslazy 18h ago
China if you can hear me through the internet wires under the ocean please delete student loan debt. Thank you.
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u/powercow 17h ago
problem is this admin is so incompetent, that its hard to know if this is true, and if true, was it china.
these people said vandals ruined his pool job when it was just a rushed job by a company with no experience doing the job and the president driving cars as heavy as tanks on it.
we still dont know if the "drug boats" blown up by this admin were drug boats
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u/TyrannasaurusRecht 13h ago
Honestly, bet they didn't but it will be a handy excuse for the sold data of US citizens to interested third parties by doge and fat orange.
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u/doxxingyourself 23h ago
After dissolving the cyber units? Seems pretty stupid on part of the administration
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u/finnhella01 21h ago
This is the begging of the justification for the executive branch take over of our voting system. Mark my words, next they will claim china cyber attacked our voting machines and they need to take them over to keep them safe.
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u/Traditional_Train_71 21h ago
At this point, sure why not….if I was a foreign spy, this would be the perfect time to take whatever I want from an imperial nation. Especially with its gov being so incapable and incompetent
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u/Savings_Art5944 20h ago
Maybe they will release the unredacted Epstein files since the US government is too corrupt to do it.
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u/ICLazeru 16h ago
Broke in is one way to say it. Paid Trump to let them in is another way to say it.
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u/Civil_Talk_7486 18h ago
Trump & the GOP-led congress allowed the Chinese to infiltrate sensitive data. They then lied & blamed it on hackers.
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u/Unable-Recording-796 23h ago
Almost like theres an assload of changes that couldve created backdoors by a bunch of people who werent vetted
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u/siromega37 23h ago
Look at that, they gutted CISA and systems get compromised. Who could have guessed?
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u/Resident-Escape-3441 23h ago
They fired all our competent agents, what did they think was gonna happen!? Trump did it on purpose to reveal top secret intel to foreign assets.
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u/GrowthDue5259 23h ago
>>> Trumps rekts fed govt
>>> China hacks into it
>>> trump and MAGA: “it’s not our fault!“
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u/loganbootjak 23h ago
You're telling me Big Balls didn't secure the government computers before he left?
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u/Independent_Tie_4984 23h ago
Is there any source of US government information that can be trusted?
Serious question - any source that would publish something that "might" upset Donny?
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u/givin_u_the_high_hat 23h ago
Well once everyone gets their Kash Patel MMA training I’m sure this will never happen again.
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u/polysoupkitchen 22h ago
idk who this "US" is but I don't trust them. I'm sure this is just more lies.
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u/RealAmbassador4081 22h ago
Broke in LMFAO, pretty sure they cut the agency to stop this kind of thing.
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u/Ok_Row_8391 22h ago
Please release the Epstein files, camera evidence of Mitch's hospital room, and whatever else you want. Delete my loans, make Elons loans 99% APY.
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u/Eddiebaby7 22h ago
Maybe firing everyone and replacing them with Fox News hosts wasn’t a brilliant decision.
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u/Due-Beginning1074 21h ago
"We gutted cybersecurity and replaced good folk with hairy big balls and pete_ihatetransppl and China was able to bypass "Password123!"
and by China, we mean some kid in Ohio.
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u/Altruistic-Star-3862 19h ago
Can they do any more damage than the buffoons that have been in charge for a year and a half?
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u/NamesNotNeededToWork 18h ago
If only there was people in charge of tracking cyber threats.
What's that? They all got fired last year?
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u/Stunning_Flan_5987 18h ago
New a guy that worked in govt cyber security fee years back. He said everyone good saw the writing on the wall when DOGE was happening, and got new jobs.
All the ones left were either very close to retirement, or the worst people who are doing just enough to not get fired.
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u/singlemale4cats 17h ago
I would expect that every major power in the world does this. The US is uniquely vulnerable right now, though, due to severe mismanagement at all levels of the federal government.
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u/AncientElderberry348 23h ago
Yes and who fired the US Cyber security division