DOGE Debacle: Elon’s Government Efficiency Plan Backfires with Hilarious Website Blunders
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency launched its website to showcase “transparency,” but it was about as secure as a screen door on a submarine. Developers found they could update DOGE.gov at will, leaving cheeky messages like “This is a joke of a .gov site.” You can’t make this stuff up!
Hot Take:
From Elon Musk’s DOGE site being more porous than a sponge to China’s Salt Typhoon hackers expanding their target list like it’s a global game of Risk, cybersecurity news this week is a buffet of blunders. If the internet were a sitcom, this week’s episode would be titled “The Great Cyber Circus: Hackers, Spies, and DOGE, Oh My!” Grab your popcorn, folks, because the plot twists are just getting started.
Key Points:
- Elon Musk’s DOGE website is about as secure as a cardboard lockbox, allowing random messages to pop up like unwanted pop-ups.
- China’s Salt Typhoon hacking group has added US universities and more telecoms to their cyber hit list.
- Sandworm’s BadPilot team is expanding its cyber shenanigans beyond Ukraine, aiming at Western nations.
- RedNote, the TikTok clone, is as secure as a leaky sieve, posing surveillance risks for its users.
- The UK is facing backlash over a secret order demanding Apple break iCloud encryption, causing an international stir.
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