Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."
"One coder added at least two database entries that are visible on the live site and say “this is a joke of a .gov site” and “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN -roro.” "
Techbros are incompetent?! Who knew.
Can’t move fast and break things with things that aren’t broken.
Techbros + government bureaucracy
What could go wrong
Competent employees are expensive and don't support the administration's goals.
Yes. But how?
Here's an archived version of the article to get past the paywall. The hackers went to the network tab of their browser's developer console and noticed that the API calls to write to the database weren't password protected.
Ah, unfortunately this is only accessible by master-level bitwizards in the discepline of hacking.
Even more unfortunate is that discerning the 'how' is only accessible by those who are adept at reading the article.
Oooh that's juicy. I wonder how many holes they left in the important production systems that they've been touching.
I also wonder, with how progressive and dissenting American programmers and cybersec experts are, if our l33t h4x0r sk1llz could be turned against DOGE?
Not suggesting anything wildly destructive, just some friendly grey-hat trolling to slow them down and expose their flaws. Think of it as a complimentary pen-test.
Part of me also thinks they are hoping some people will slip in some "proof" of fraud somewhere, like how people "proved" the COVID vaccine was killing people via VAERS.
I also wonder, with how progressive and dissenting American programmers and cybersec experts are, if our l33t h4x0r sk1llz could be turned against DOGE?
What can hurt Musk? These kids are nobodies, his co-conspirators all depend on his will, and the only thing I suspect is probable to crush him is either a lone gunner or an oil\tech barron who got too pissed of from his plans ruining their business prospects.
Anyone with a gun and a brain.
Can or could?