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Autumn

(48,230 posts) Sat Feb 1, 2025, 12:12 PM Feb 2025

Musk and aides were caught replacing the hard drives at OPM. [View all]

Doesn't our government have IT people to do that? I'm curious to know if the new drives have a back door in them. Is that possible?

Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
— Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) 2025-02-01T01:14:39.172Z

His staff encountered resistance when demanding that Treasury officials grant access to systems managing the flow of more than trillion annually to programs like Social Security and Medicare.
— Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) 2025-02-01T01:14:39.173Z

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Musk and aides were caught replacing the hard drives at OPM. [View all] Autumn Feb 2025 OP

Kick dalton99a Feb 2025 #1

Thank you for posting that. I couldn't see her threads on my post so I tried to Autumn Feb 2025 #9

Alt National Park Service 👍 dweller Feb 2025 #11

That is a jazzy meme! Whoever wrote it is the Charlie Parker of memes. dchill Feb 2025 #18

It's a great meme, but it started as a protest sign at the 2017 women's march, printed w/ black marker on cardboard. -nt CrispyQ Feb 2025 #29

Nevertheless. dchill Feb 2025 #31

What's to stop him from doing the same at the CIA, FBI, NSA, or Pentagon? newdeal2 Feb 2025 #2

All they had to say: "Elon sent me. He's the new owner of the United States." dalton99a Feb 2025 #6

Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, and Kash Patel will hand it all over to them IronLionZion Feb 2025 #21

As Kruschev foretold. They (russkis) couldn't do it directly so they converted a bunch of US people erronis Feb 2025 #40

Putin has not "defeated the US" from within whathehell Feb 2025 #53

Agencies should stand their ground. Musk cannot just do whatever the fuck his apartheid heart tells him. GreenWave Feb 2025 #3

Musk has no aithorization excepty Trump's unlike any other Department head or Secretary. KPN Feb 2025 #35

yes it is possible ShepKat Feb 2025 #4

I called and emailed my congressmen this AM. What else can we do to sound the alarm? Alice B. Feb 2025 #5

I've done the same; called and emailed my congressional representative and both US Senators, all Republicans. sop Feb 2025 #28

I've always kind of rolled my eyes at petitions and this kind of thing but now I think, when taken in aggregate, it has Alice B. Feb 2025 #51

Kick SheltieLover Feb 2025 #7

That is government property and not Musk's bronxiteforever Feb 2025 #8

l'etat c'est moi DBoon Feb 2025 #13

We need some "good" hackers on our side alarimer Feb 2025 #10

I know... I was reminiscing wistfully about the Anonymous collective Mike 03 Feb 2025 #27

Is there a difference between "installing" and "replacing"? n/t Igel Feb 2025 #12

I have no idea. I'm not in IT but I'm thinking you have an opinion Autumn Feb 2025 #14

Installing, I would guess, putting in something new that wasn't there before sakabatou Feb 2025 #19

Both are correct. The real question is why are Musk's people doing this? bluesbassman Feb 2025 #26

THIS x 1000 KPN Feb 2025 #37

1+ Norrrm Feb 2025 #15

Too bad our DOJ and FBI is already compromised, tanyev Feb 2025 #16

They don't have security clearances Beck23 Feb 2025 #17

and maybe Trump will be the last 'elected' President HipChick Feb 2025 #22

K&R Bayard Feb 2025 #20

Maybe they'll increase paychecks for certain crooked ones to keep them in line IronLionZion Feb 2025 #23

K&R. dchill Feb 2025 #24

They're stealing government data. The new drives will probabldy be encrypted to prevent knowing what's on them. patphil Feb 2025 #25

Your question "what will the military do if ordered to kill US citizens" Autumn Feb 2025 #30

Which is why it's so puzzling that so little was done. Kid Berwyn Feb 2025 #33

Need you wonder? KPN Feb 2025 #32

Sensitive data is encypted at rest.... getagrip_already Feb 2025 #34

You think they don't have the encryption keys? druidity33 Feb 2025 #61

So future history books will read Seinan Sensei Feb 2025 #36

HOW IS THIS BEING ALLOWED?? Scrivener7 Feb 2025 #38

I am worried! Smackdown2019 Feb 2025 #39

They will sell the data to our nation's enemies. James48 Feb 2025 #41

Including private corps, and outwards from there to every bad actor who can pony up a few $$$. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2025 #50

It's important to know canetoad Feb 2025 #42

Is this confirmed? SARose Feb 2025 #43

I asked ChatGPT and this is what it said. (seems to be unconfirmed) Quixote1818 Feb 2025 #47

Who is going to confirm it? Trump? Musk? Republicans? Autumn Feb 2025 #49

Is it time...? sfdennis1 Feb 2025 #44

I think Trump will be too closely protected for any citizen Luigi Bozvotros Feb 2025 #46

EM, not the Cheeto ;) sfdennis1 Feb 2025 #48

Has Musk's team of tech frat boys taken over the IRS yet? Lonestarblue Feb 2025 #45

Yes, because IRS is part of the Treasury Dept wishstar Feb 2025 #54

As a mostly retired LPBBEAR Feb 2025 #52

Would there be any reason for the hard drives to be repaced? Autumn Feb 2025 #55

No LPBBEAR Feb 2025 #57

I think these people have been working on this since well before the immunity Autumn Feb 2025 #58

Illegal, but no one st the DOJ will prosecute. We are now a lawless government. Lonestarblue Feb 2025 #56

Why the fuck is he not being charged? Dem4life1234 Feb 2025 #59

who are these people working for him? Takket Feb 2025 #60

That's just it. No one knows. They will only give their first names to avoid being "doxed" Autumn Feb 2025 #62