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We've seen many occurrences where private or sensitive information has been compromised due to carelessness or incompetence by employees. Sometimes this is the
by beart 2y ago
We've seen many occurrences where private or sensitive information has been compromised due to carelessness or incompetence by employees. Sometimes this is the result of credentials that have more permissions than required, or due to carelessness, or poor security policies. Other times we have seen employees abuse access for personal reasons. I don't know what's going on with DOGE, and I don't know if it's illegal. The reporting and testimonials do not inspire confidence that the data is being handled in a careful and secure manner.
If the lawsuit proves everything is above board, that's great, and I would not consider it a waste of time by EFF. I would attribute the needlessnes of it to the lack of transparency and accounting by the government agents.
- beebaween 2y agoKind of like how every single SSN was exposed during the Biden admin? Look, I get it you don't like Elon but the lazy partisan blows are just kind of last year at this point... https://www.govtech.com/security/was-your-social-security-number-leaked-by-hackers https://www.govtech.com/security/was-your-social-security-nu...
- hn_acker 2y agoHow did the Biden administration in particular contribute to making it easier for the National Public Data data breach to happen? National Public Data was a private data broker that offered background checks services scraped personal information including SSNs from public data sources, failed to protect it, and went bankrupt from lawsuits (deserved). Did the Biden administration do anything comparable to allowing unelected people with no accounting or security experience bypass the usual government employment process and access Treasury data?