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In reply to the discussion: Norm Eisen: BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems! [View all]yellow dahlia
(1,817 posts)136. How would that get implemented?
Can we do some kind of a class action suit? Some kind of injunctive relief? It was our data that was breached.
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Norm Eisen: BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems! [View all]
Dennis Donovan
Feb 6
OP
It would be great if someone could get access and do the paper ballot recounts now.
yellow dahlia
Feb 6
#115
That admission by trump has gotten ALMOST NO scrutiny by the mega corporate media. THAT is a huge problem in the USA.
BComplex
Feb 6
#88
AFAIK, none of the DEM Governors in any of those swing states has asked for any kind of audit
Bluetus
Feb 6
#108
And fine Elon for the bills racked up fixing, patching re-coding, whatever is needed to get his geeks the f' out
Attilatheblond
Feb 6
#109
Absolutely. To give Krause or Elez "special employee" access is giving the Musk & the Musk Hacker Group access.
ancianita
Feb 6
#144
Yup. They have installed command/control software - probably root kits that can't be detected.
erronis
Feb 6
#26
Yup, this was reported on various news outlets. Treasury engineers witnessed their manipulation of the code.
Native
Feb 6
#90
I heard this on either MSNBC, CNN, or the Sirius Progressive station (likely Stephanie's show, but could have been Thom)
Native
Feb 6
#138
I am so happy about this! One worry I have...what happens if they ignore the court order?
LiberalLoner
Feb 6
#5
Really, not good enough. These people, granted 'read-only' access can simply use their cellphones to copy
sinkingfeeling
Feb 6
#6
Mission accomplished. Backdoors installed and now the children can work comfortably in their recliners
LiberalArkie
Feb 6
#7
But the children doing the work I don't think they realize that Big Iron is designed for backups and
LiberalArkie
Feb 6
#99
Tom Krause is the CEO of CSG, the parent of Citrix, the REMOTE ACCESS company
Prairie Gates
Feb 6
#9
If the judge finds out this NOT-TRO is poorly informed, she might issue a superseding order that's a
ancianita
Feb 6
#16
Damn! I NEEDED THIS! Thank you, Norm Eisen! Some good news after the overwhelming avalanche of bad...
hlthe2b
Feb 6
#11
History ? Hell, they'd better worry about how a criminal court will judge them.
eppur_se_muova
Feb 6
#19
What my late dad always said: "If two people know a secret, it isn't a secret anymore." n/t
valleyrogue
Feb 6
#77
Unless trump/Musk go after what gold is left at Fort Knox, they are not going to get much from disbursement records.
Silent Type
Feb 6
#15
My IT business son in NM: Too late. They're already in and have been since last week when the govt portals went down
ancianita
Feb 6
#20
Kara Swisher said something along the lines of they will need to get in there with some "white hat hackers"
yellow dahlia
Feb 6
#130
I was just about to post "It doesn't even matter if they 'know' COBOL, because AI most definitely does"
AZJonnie
Feb 6
#95
Indeed. And the potential for damage simply by having access to a system administrator-level database role
AZJonnie
Feb 6
#110
Wired and 404media? I'll take The Guardian and ProPublica, The American Prospect, etc.
erronis
Feb 6
#36
Okay, quibble about sources, but the fact of backdoor installation is what the govt portal shutdown was for.
ancianita
Feb 6
#53
DOJ attorneys agree to temporarily limit DOGE's access to Treasury payment systems: report
LetMyPeopleVote
Feb 6
#50
If a president can ignore the law then can't he just ignore the courts and pardon anyone who does his bidding?
Jansen
Feb 6
#75
Actually, they didn't block anything. The deed was done a week ago.This will drag out, no one will be brought to justice
ancianita
Feb 6
#82
Update: one of the named exemptions (Marko Elez) forced to resign from DOGE for RACISM
Prairie Gates
Feb 6
#124
Elon the Nazi stupid IT Goons already migrated these databases to other servers or at least flatfiles.
StocktonNative
Feb 6
#142