The first sentence of the article: this alarming trend seems to coincide with DOGE’s unrestricted access to federal networks. the first 2 paragraphs: Beginnin

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?