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DOGE software engineer’s computer infected by info-stealing malware (arstechnica.com)

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[-] can@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

In the event, however, that Schutt used the same or similar credentials in systems or machines during his work at CISA and DOGE, attackers may already have been able to access sensitive information he’s privy to. And as Lee noted, the four dumps from stealer logs show that at least one of his devices was hacked at some point.

I don't trust that they have as good password practices as you.

[-] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Fair enough, but absent any evidence that password reuse is leading to a problem, the article is trying to claim that him being the victim of previous breaches is somehow a failure of security on his part. That's just dumb. Maye he did reuse passwords and that's going to cause problems. But, absent any evidence of it, the whole article just comes off as yellow journalism, at best.

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