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DOGE software engineer’s computer infected by info-stealing malware
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 09 May 2025
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Those of us in technology already knew this was the skillset DOGE was hiring. There was earlier evidence of low technical competence, such as misconfigured email servers.
This seems particularly bad:
Edit: Oops. I just noticed I'm commenting in a Cybersecurity Lemmy. Y'all already knew this. I guess I'll leave it for others who might (also) wander in from
All.No need for oops, this isn't my profession, but I'm interested. I see it in Local.
I'm always happy to learn more from professionals in their field.
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learn from the mistakes of others :)
Yeah this hit the “all” feed. Also I don’t think I’ve seen a community referred to as a Lemmy. I like it. It’s somewhat Reddit analogous. I’ve been trying to call them coms.
You should comment if you want to. Not everyone that follows this community are professionals in tech. And even if pros are reading your comment, they might not know what's going on politically.