NPR breaks story about DOGE

[Anonymous]

This type of investigation and reporting is why the want NPR silenced.


https://www.npr.org/2025/04/27/1247657625/doge-whistleblower-nlrb

[Anonymous]

Is it so difficult to give a synopsis of links you post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it so difficult to give a synopsis of links you post.

The intro was very short if you clicked. No wonder here there is so much mis/disinformation out there.

NPR's cybersecurity correspondent Jenna McLaughlin recently broke a story about a whistleblower inside the federal government who says DOGE representatives appear to have taken sensitive data, then covered their tracks. Daniel Berulis works for the National Labor Relations Board and he has shared evidence that DOGE engineers disabled security protocols, exported reams of sensitive data and used a "hacker's toolkit" to hide their activities. And he thinks his agency is not alone. Today on The Sunday Story, what this possible breach could mean for the private data of millions of Americans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it so difficult to give a synopsis of links you post.

The intro was very short if you clicked. No wonder here there is so much mis/disinformation out there.

NPR's cybersecurity correspondent Jenna McLaughlin recently broke a story about a whistleblower inside the federal government who says DOGE representatives appear to have taken sensitive data, then covered their tracks. Daniel Berulis works for the National Labor Relations Board and he has shared evidence that DOGE engineers disabled security protocols, exported reams of sensitive data and used a "hacker's toolkit" to hide their activities. And he thinks his agency is not alone. Today on The Sunday Story, what this possible breach could mean for the private data of millions of Americans.

Exactly the bolded. And you can even listen to the story instead of reading. It definitely confirms that we should not be granting DOGE access without a lot of verification and tracking. Not to mention calling for investigation and reporting into everything they’ve done at this point.

[Anonymous]

This is not surprising given that the dismantling and gutting of agencies has been entrusted to DOGE employees with minimal credentials (like 19 year old Edward Coristine who was fired from his internship for leaking company secrets, and who was employed as a cyberhacker).

But it's still scary to see confirmation of this.

[Anonymous]

Here's a short AI summary of the transcript of the news story:

Key Points:

Whistleblower: Daniel Berulis, NLRB cybersecurity expert, flagged DOGE’s unlogged access to sensitive cloud systems.

DOGE’s Actions: Bypassed security protocols, extracted 10GB of data, and used tools suggesting potential backdoors.

Implications: Risks include blacklisting union organizers, corporate advantages, or foreign data theft.

Intimidation: Berulis received threatening materials at home.

Broader Context: DOGE’s data access across agencies raises privacy and security concerns, with ongoing lawsuits and resignations hampering oversight.

Next Steps: Congressional calls for investigation; NPR seeks more whistleblower accounts.

[Anonymous]

Notice how conservatives and trolls don't respond to posts like this so they eventually "disappear."

DOGE has collected a large amount of information on US citizens that is very valuable economically and to other countries like Russia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it so difficult to give a synopsis of links you post.

Is it so difficult for you to go to the link and read a few sentences?

[Anonymous]

This could make things worse - Schedule F for remaining feds?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/doge-was-bad-schedule-f-will-be-worse/ar-AA1DLhQ7?ocid=BingNewsSerp

[Anonymous]

Seems that NPR is trying desperately to stay relevant. Do I believe their reporting? Heck no. They have given me no reason to trust their reporting.

Wasn’t NPR the media group that refused to report on HB’s laptop? Why should we believe them now?

[Anonymous]

This weekend I got one of those letters you get when there's been a data breach and your data may have been compromised (came from my local newspaper, which is almost entirely digital now). They are required to send these due to federal laws. When do I get one from the feds offering me free data protection service?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it so difficult to give a synopsis of links you post.

Can’t you read?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems that NPR is trying desperately to stay relevant. Do I believe their reporting? Heck no. They have given me no reason to trust their reporting.

Wasn’t NPR the media group that refused to report on HB’s laptop? Why should we believe them now?

NPR later did report and also apologized for not covering it initially (notice that the GOP couldn't come up with grounds to impeach Biden over his son's activities). Fox has to pay $787M to Dominion for defamation (which requires, among other things, that the statements are false) and is facing a 1.2B lawsuit from Smartmatics over its election reporting. Which is more reliable?

[Anonymous]

Bottom line: Is giving access to DOGE what you voted for?
Or are we to believe that Trump is so infallible that if he says it's OK, it must be?
Are real Americans OK with DOGE's people, access, and actions, or are we only being led to believe that some are because of bad actors on forums like this?
Can anybody that truly loves America actually believe that what's been done by Musk as DOGE is acceptable?
Could we ever imagine before now a time when unvetted young people would be allowed to do whatever they wanted in sensitive government databases and cover their tracks behind them by disabling logs and such?
I don't want to believe that a single person that says they are fine with this is a real live American human. Unfortunately, my sister-in-law is related to some of those 'nothing initiated under Trump could ever be wrong' people, so... ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it so difficult to give a synopsis of links you post.

Is it so difficult for you to go to the link and read a few sentences?

I don’t like blindly clicking on sites unless I have an idea what and why.