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[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 125 points 6 days ago (8 children)

The claim is that Starlink is compromised by Russia, and DOGE is sending all private data it extracts from agencies via Starlink, including sensitive Department of Energy data.

Department of Energy handles the nukes…

[–] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 47 points 6 days ago

Not the whole claim.

“The first thing, what Dan witnessed was that within 15 minutes of DOGE employees creating user accounts, i.e. Usernames and passwords, within 15 minutes of those accounts being created, somebody or something from Russia tried to log in with the right username and right passwords — that is to say — the right credentials. And that happened over 20 times.”

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Seems clear Musk is as compromised as Trump by Russia. The cold war never ended. America just stopped fighting.

[–] Hazor@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Tbh, I'm not convinced either of them are compromised by Russia in that sense (though wouldn't be surprised, to be clear. We pretty much know Trump has assaulted and raped underage girls; I wouldn't be surprised if Musk has also). I think they're both just scared little boys who are trying to impress who they see as a big, strong man, in order to get the kind of fatherly approval that they never received from their actual fathers. They're both childishly impulsive and both try comedically hard to be seen as strong and capable, and then get emotional when they see that image being challenged.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

And that's how the war ends.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip -1 points 6 days ago

Are they going to start saying Putin has Musk pee tapes too now?

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 31 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes, just pasting from the article for reference:

In addition, Bakaj told Tapper DOGE employees also made the mistake of using Elon Musks’ Starlink satellite connection to transfer data, which he believes is heavily compromised by Russian intelligence.

“From our understanding, Russia has a direct pipeline through Starlink, which means everything going through Starlink is going to Russia,” Bakaj said, adding this potentially includes nuclear regulatory material.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So glad they decided to use this, rather than the Internet connection that came with the White House

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago

Should have used AOL. I have a cd from 1994 they can borrow.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago

It wasn't compromised. Musk gave them access. It was planned, and it's absolutely treason

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago

I believe the allegation is that DOGE+Musk+Starlink=Russia? Kind of hard to tell because there's a lot in there. I don't think it's saying Russia compromised Starlink, but that these people are sharing data and access with Russia. Some details or logs would help.

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How much election information went through Starlink?

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

Wouldn't surprise me if none of that shit was encrypted and it got manipulated on the fly. Not asking for any recounts was one of Kamala's biggest mistakes. It should really be standard practice to do at least a spot check.

[–] Trollception@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

That's wildly different than the headline would suggest.