mmalc<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> </p><p>Sorry to post this yet again, but it was frustratingly predictable:</p><p>"It seems likely that the new administration will devastate many government agencies that not only house experts in their respective fields but a treasure trove of institutional knowledge. Once these are destroyed, it will take years to restore them, if they ever can be.”</p><p>"Second Foundation” would be a good name for a coalition of blue states, though…</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalBookBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBookBurning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USgovernment</span></a> is one of the world’s biggest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a>, & its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> on everything from carbon emissions to infant mortality is conducted on a scale that few private institutions can match. Kellam said that she’d participated in a small data-preservation effort during <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s first term, but had never seen anything like the frenzy that ignited in late Jan, when the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> began removing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a>…. (It’s since been restored by means of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TRO</span></a>.)</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DigitalBookBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBookBurning</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Like the Encyclopedists of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IsaacAsimov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsaacAsimov</span></a>’s “Foundation”—who race to compile a collapsing empire’s accumulated knowledge—they’re assembling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> arks to ride out the chaos.</p><p>“This is how we know about our country,” Lynda Kellam, a social scientist & data librarian, told me. “People who support the ‘drain the swamp’ mentality don’t seem to understand how much the government does.” Kellam… described the vulnerable data as “irreplaceable.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DigitalBookBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBookBurning</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>It comes from a loose coalition of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/archivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archivists</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a>, who are standing athwart <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> & yelling “Save!” They belong to organizations such as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a>, which co-created a project called the End of Term Web Archive to back up the federal web in 2008; the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative, or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/edgi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>edgi</span></a>; & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> at major <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> & the University of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DigitalBookBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBookBurning</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On Feb 7th, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> sacked the<br>head of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NARA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NARA</span></a>, the agency that maintains the ofcl texts of the nation’s laws, & whose motto is “the written word endures.”</p><p>>110k govt pages have gone dark in a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/purge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purge</span></a> that one scientist likened to a “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DigitalBookBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBookBurning</span></a>,” & which has proved as frightening in its imprecision as in its malice.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a></p>
Lorraine C. 🇨🇦<p>Via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/altering-the-deal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/alt</span><span class="invisible">ering-the-deal/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://forall.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/databrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>databrokers</span></a> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <br><a href="https://forall.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Lee (she/her)<p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> peeps...what foss/floss <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> app/dev accounts are active on here that I should be following? (see my pinned post if you're curious what I'm using atm)</p><p>Edited to add: not currently looking for replacements for the FOSS apps I'm already using 😉</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/AndroidDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidDev</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a></p>
Lorraine C. 🇨🇦<p>Nothing short of <a href="https://forall.social/tags/outrageous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outrageous</span></a> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/trashit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trashit</span></a> 😡<a href="https://forall.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://forall.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> sharing w <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>404mediaco</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://forall.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p><p>Amazon is going to be disabling the privacy feature that processes voice commands locally on Echo devices at the end of this month. Instead, all voice commands will be sent to Amazon's cloud for processing.</p><p>I have already followed my own steps to remediate this:</p><p>1. Unplug Echo Device<br>2. Throw Echo Device in Trash<br>3. Done<br><a href="https://chow.fan/@mookie/114162820588906022" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chow.fan/@mookie/1141628205889</span><span class="invisible">06022</span></a></p>
sͧb̴ͫƸ̴gͬᵉ<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GossiTheDog</span></a></span> <br>There comes a point in every <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CISO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CISO</span></a>:s life when they think ”Maybe, maybe I know enough of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> to be able to very quietly earn a living on The Dark Side”.</p><p>This event is called The Point Of Recall.</p>
frank :anarchy_bi: (he / they)<p>it's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldDayAgainstCyberCensorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldDayAgainstCyberCensorship</span></a> and did you know that you can help keep people safer—people like freedom fighters, political dissidents, journalists, and regular people simply seeking medical information or services, like abortions, HRT, sex ed, therapy, or psychiatric medications—by becoming a <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> Snowflake?</p><p>you can even run it in your browser or on your phone via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.librem.one/@guardianproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>guardianproject</span></a></span>'s Orbot app</p><p>here's an explainer by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span>:</p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/10/snowflake-makes-it-easy-anyone-fight-censorship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2022/10/snow</span><span class="invisible">flake-makes-it-easy-anyone-fight-censorship</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/organizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organizing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoSec</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MovementSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MovementSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OPSEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPSEC</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeslaTakedown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p>
Jeremy Kirk<p>Since 2024, Russia-based bulletproof hosting service Zservers has been breached, doxxed and sanctioned, but there are signs this cybercrime and ransomware service provider may not be finally done. New research from Intel 471. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://intel471.com/blog/zservers-bulletproof-hosting-for-crime" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">intel471.com/blog/zservers-bul</span><span class="invisible">letproof-hosting-for-crime</span></a></p>
Lorry<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@bazkie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bazkie</span></a></span> I am inclined to go to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/infosecexchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosecexchange</span></a> but they also block Threads - The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mit</span></a> server has a 500 limit so that's out.</p><p>Hummm - No wonder people have problems joining <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> </p><p>Where is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JohnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnMastodon</span></a> when you need him!?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fedi22" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedi22</span></a></p>
Ryan the hepcat<p>Suddenly I'm not looking quite as paranoid when I tell people I have all my home IoT devices on their own VLAN. <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://www.tarlogic.com/news/backdoor-esp32-chip-infect-ot-devices/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tarlogic.com/news/backdoor-esp</span><span class="invisible">32-chip-infect-ot-devices/</span></a></p>
happygeek :unverified: + :verified: = $0<p>It's Sunday. Why am I working? Nevermind, by me @Forbes: oh what a tangled web we weave when first we use YouTube copyright strike warnings to distribute malware posing as a Windows access restriction bypass tool. </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/03/09/new-youtube-windows-attack-warning-three-strikes-and-youre-hacked/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2</span><span class="invisible">025/03/09/new-youtube-windows-attack-warning-three-strikes-and-youre-hacked/</span></a></p>
Xavier «X» Santolaria :verified_paw: :donor:<p>📨 Latest issue of my curated <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> list of resources for week #10/2025 is out!</p><p>It includes the following and much more:</p><p>➝ <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CYBERCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CYBERCOM</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CISA</span></a> Told to Stop Tracking <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> Actors;<br>➝ Alleged Black Basta <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Ransomware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ransomware</span></a> Leader Escapes from Court;<br>➝ <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/VMWare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VMWare</span></a> 0day Vulnerabilities Being Exploited - Patch Now;<br>➝ Gang Claims Responsibility on Tata Technologies Breach;<br>➝ The Great Firewall of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> is Bleeding;</p><p>Subscribe to the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosecMASHUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosecMASHUP</span></a> newsletter to have it piping hot in your inbox every week-end ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://infosec-mashup.santolaria.net/p/template-infosec-mashup-xx-2025-b3ff0d41bdc019b3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec-mashup.santolaria.net/</span><span class="invisible">p/template-infosec-mashup-xx-2025-b3ff0d41bdc019b3</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The govt database—created to help enforce <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildSupport</span></a> payments & overseen by the Admin for Children & Families, or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACF</span></a> —contains substantial amounts of personal income data linked to nearly ALL US workers [not just govt workers].<br>
An <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> ofcl confirmed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> received access, saying that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s agents sought “read-only access” to the system & were required “to take all necessary trainings”(ಠ⁔↼) before being granted permission to use it.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gestapo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpReich</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>This is so much worse than <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s 1st term</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> grants <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> access to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildSupport</span></a> database, overriding objections<br>
An HHS ofcl said the associates of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s group had sought ‘read-only’ access [that’s plenty].
The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>’s HHS has granted associates of the US DOGE Service access to a sensitive child support database w/troves of income data [for all Americans not just <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a>], overriding objections of career employees.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gestapo</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/08/hhs-doge-child-support/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/08/hhs-doge-child-support/</span></a></p>
🦋 Ben West - 🐒🌻<p>As usual <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> has a way with words </p><p>"We're an all-you-can-eat buffet for the privacy-annihilating voyeurs of Silicon Valley... </p><p>Tech's power comes from an implausible story of discovering an endless stream of Americans to sign up and screw over."</p><p> <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114116329850403711" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11411632</span><span class="invisible">9850403711</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
Paul Chambers🚧<p>I woke up to a notice from my bank that several attempted debit card charges were made to Walmart and some clothing company for thousands of dollars.</p><p>This is my household debit card, which means it is only used to pay insurance copays, utilities, like electric and water, essentially used at 4 places since we got it.</p><p>It's not used on anything other than that.</p><p>Additionally, it was a new card as we replace them every so often and went into service in January and has only been used 10 times since then at those four places.</p><p>Luckily the credit union locked the card because data they got when processing the transaction showed they were made outside our normal regional locations.</p><p>That leaves me to question where the breach came from.</p><p>Be careful out there. Of all cards to get breached, it should not be this one.</p><p><a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/Infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infosec</span></a></p>
Skyglobe<p>Following the <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> hashtag has been of the worst best decisions I made when I joined the fediverse.</p><p>So. Much. New. Fears. Unlocked.</p>
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