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I read this article and it is alarming, but what's the DOGE connection to once-private systems showing up on the public internet? That doesn't seem to be explai

I read this article and it is alarming, but what's the DOGE connection to once-private systems showing up on the public internet? That doesn't seem to be explained outside of the correlation with the Treasury system access. Also, the authors of this SubStack appear to be anonymous?

jki275 2y ago
It appears to be conflating things that may or may not be real with other things that are being misreported in the news and making up sensational stories out of them. Unclassified government networks are mostly connected to the internet. The government is mostly bad at cyber security. These are well known facts. Whether or not "DOGE" has any actual connection to this is not really in evidence at this point, this is a highly partisan person's attempt to influence other people to their point of view.
- schnable 2y ago
  I'm not sure this is partisan, looking back the (very light) post history of this substack and the nonexistent explanation of who the authors are, it looks like just a pure FUD machine.
trhway 2y ago
I think it isn't only DOGE. Giving the chaos, the government employees are probably exfiltrating data, personal and governmental, to preserve as evidence to "CYA" or for possible future use say in their lawsuit for unlawful termination or whatever comes, like various investigations where by the time of the investigation the evidence my get removed from the government systems, etc...
cowfriend 2y ago
The first sentence of the article: this alarming trend seems to coincide with DOGE’s unrestricted access to federal networks. the first 2 paragraphs: Beginning on January 8, 2025, a surge of U.S. government infrastructure began appearing on what’s known as “the search engine of Internet-connected devices,” Shodan.io. Federal agencies typically secure their systems behind multiple layers of protection, ensuring that critical services – such as mail servers, directory services, VPNs, internal IP addresses, and remote access gateways – remain isolated from public access. Now is this conclusive proof that DOGE did it? Hardly. However, can you think of anything else that changed since 8 Jan that would override decades of policy in the matter of hours?
- ToValueFunfetti 2y ago
  >However, can you think of anything else that changed since 8 Jan that would override decades of policy in the matter of hours? Surely this is the wrong question- if the change happened on 8 Jan, we'd need to look at events before 8 Jan to find what precipitated the change, no?
- deleted 2y ago
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- inemesitaffia 2y ago
  Wasn't the inauguration after January 8? Ruling any post inauguration related shenanigans

jki275 2y ago

It appears to be conflating things that may or may not be real with other things that are being misreported in the news and making up sensational stories out of them. Unclassified government networks are mostly connected to the internet. The government is mostly bad at cyber security. These are well known facts. Whether or not "DOGE" has any actual connection to this is not really in evidence at this point, this is a highly partisan person's attempt to influence other people to their point of view.

schnable 2y ago
I'm not sure this is partisan, looking back the (very light) post history of this substack and the nonexistent explanation of who the authors are, it looks like just a pure FUD machine.

trhway 2y ago

I think it isn't only DOGE. Giving the chaos, the government employees are probably exfiltrating data, personal and governmental, to preserve as evidence to "CYA" or for possible future use say in their lawsuit for unlawful termination or whatever comes, like various investigations where by the time of the investigation the evidence my get removed from the government systems, etc...

cowfriend 2y ago

The first sentence of the article: this alarming trend seems to coincide with DOGE’s unrestricted access to federal networks. the first 2 paragraphs: Beginning on January 8, 2025, a surge of U.S. government infrastructure began appearing on what’s known as “the search engine of Internet-connected devices,” Shodan.io. Federal agencies typically secure their systems behind multiple layers of protection, ensuring that critical services – such as mail servers, directory services, VPNs, internal IP addresses, and remote access gateways – remain isolated from public access. Now is this conclusive proof that DOGE did it? Hardly. However, can you think of anything else that changed since 8 Jan that would override decades of policy in the matter of hours?

ToValueFunfetti 2y ago
>However, can you think of anything else that changed since 8 Jan that would override decades of policy in the matter of hours? Surely this is the wrong question- if the change happened on 8 Jan, we'd need to look at events before 8 Jan to find what precipitated the change, no?
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inemesitaffia 2y ago
Wasn't the inauguration after January 8? Ruling any post inauguration related shenanigans