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Author: Dissent

Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’

Posted on February 9, 2025 by Dissent

The insider threat on steroids? Brian Krebs reports: Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk‘s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was given access to sensitive US government systems even though his past association with cybercrime communities should have precluded him from gaining the necessary security clearances to do so. As today’s story explores, the…

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Indiana Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracies Involving Cyber Intrusion and a Massive $37 Million Cryptocurrency Theft

Posted on February 7, 2025 by Dissent

SIOUX FALLS – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange has sentenced a Lebanon, Indiana, man convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments. The sentencing took place on February 6, 2025. Evan Frederick Light, age 22, was sentenced to 20 years…

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Attorney General James Releases Statement on DOGE Access to Sensitive Personal Information

Posted on February 7, 2025February 22, 2025 by Dissent

When DataBreaches said, “Send in the lawyers” to sue Musk, she was thinking of personal injury lawyers who handle data breach litigation. But 14 state attorneys general may be even better. From NYS Attorney General Letitia James: NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 14 attorneys general in…

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Treasury agrees to block additional DOGE staff from accessing sensitive payment systems

Posted on February 7, 2025February 22, 2025 by Dissent

Suzanne Smalley reports: The Treasury Department has agreed to temporarily block all but two members of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team from accessing sensitive payment records and to limit their access to “read-only,” according to a Wednesday court filing. The DOGE workers allowed to continue accessing Treasury’s payment systems are Tom…

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Maybe we should all file breach reports against Musk like Kevin did. (1)

Posted on February 6, 2025February 22, 2025 by Dissent

The Washington Post reports: Agents of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have gained access to highly restricted government records on millions of federal employees — including Treasury and State Department officials in sensitive security positions — as part of a broader effort to wrest control over the government’s main personnel agency, according to…

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Hackers target Taliban databases

Posted on February 6, 2025 by Dissent

Habib Mohammadi reports: A group of unidentified hackers has breached the Taliban’s databases, leaking documents from 21 ministries and government agencies, some of which appear to be classified, according to reports circulating online. The leaked files reportedly include documents from the Taliban-controlled ministries of finance, justice, foreign affairs, information and culture, telecommunications, and mining, as…

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