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We apologize for the length of this post, but we felt it was important to share the full details with you.
In early March, a group of Musk-affiliated staffers from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) arrived at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency responsible for protecting workers rights and handling union disputes. They claimed their mission was to improve efficiency and cut costs. But what followed raised serious alarms inside the agency and revealed a dangerous abuse of power and access.
Once DOGE engineers were granted access to the NLRBs systems, internal IT staff quickly realized something was wrong. Normally, any user given access to sensitive government systems is monitored closely. But when IT staff suggested tracking DOGE activitystandard cybersecurity protocolthey were told to back off. Soon after, DOGE installed a virtual system inside the agencys servers that operated in secret. This system left no logs, no trace of its activity, and was removed without a record of what had been done.
Then, large amounts of data began disappearing from the system. This wasnt routine datait included sensitive information on union strategies, ongoing legal cases, corporate secrets, and even personal details of workers and officials. None of it had anything to do with cutting costs or improving efficiency. It simply wasnt supposed to leave the NLRB under any circumstance.
Almost immediately after DOGE accounts were created, login attempts beganfrom a Russian IP address. These werent random hacks. Whoever it was had the correct usernames and passwords. The timing was so fast it suggested that credentials had either been stolen, leaked, or shared. Security experts later said that if someone wanted to hide their tracks, they wouldnt make themselves look like they were logging in from Russia. This wasnt just sloppyit was bold, calculated, and criminal.
One of the NLRBs IT staffers documented everything and submitted a formal disclosure to Congress and other oversight bodies. But instead of being protected, he was targeted. A threatening note was taped to his door, revealing private information and overhead drone photos of him walking his dog. The message was clear: stay silent. He didnt. He went public.
This isnt just a cybersecurity issueits a coordinated effort to infiltrate government agencies, bypass legal safeguards, and harvest data that can be used for political, corporate, or personal leverage. With Elon Musk directing DOGE, its hard not to see the motive: access to union files, employee records, and legal disputes that could benefit his companies and silence critics. This same playbook appears to be unfolding across multiple federal agencies, with DOGE operatives gaining quiet access to sensitive systems and extracting vast amounts of data without oversight.
The truth is, DOGE was never about making government more efficient. It was about taking control of it from the inside. What happened at the NLRB is not an isolated incidentits a warning of what happens when billionaires are handed unchecked power inside public institutions.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/162LWMtiW3/

BoRaGard
(4,988 posts)Prove I'm wrong.
Go ahead. Try.
SheltieLover
(66,489 posts)
dchill
(42,010 posts)... practically openly.
Amaryllis
(10,256 posts)dchill
(42,010 posts)DENVERPOPS
(11,760 posts)The HWBush CABAL, committing TREASON to throw the election to Reagan................
Reagan was HWBush's Pawn......
WBush was Cheney/Rumsfeld Pawn
Trump is Putin/Musk's pawn......
lastlib
(25,735 posts)Absolutely zero doubt about it.
DENVERPOPS
(11,760 posts)obviously led by Putin, with 45-47 a cowering puppy.
If we know Trump is an agent of Russia, and Putin, Musk is certainly even more an agent of Putin than Trump...
TommyT139
(1,230 posts)Of a story Rachel Maddow covered when she interviewed the whistleblower.
Worth bookmarking, for me, because (a) we can't let this story get lost in the swirl of everything else Trump is flushing down the drain; (b) it's a good example of why the Musk/Starlink-stole-the-2024-election is so plausible; and (c) sooner or later I'm going to need to catch someone up on it without blathering.
Thanks for posting it here, Quixote1818.
Mike 03
(18,379 posts)Although familiar with the information, it is presented with such clarity and concision.
It's so shocking that I still wince a little bit when I read or think about it.
yellow dahlia
(2,247 posts)pulled off the manipulation of tabulations, as many of us have contended.
Skittles
(163,413 posts)and that is ALL it is
biophile
(708 posts)But hes one of their big donors, so you are correct in any case!
Bluethroughu
(7,156 posts)SheltieLover
(66,489 posts)
Bluethroughu
(7,156 posts)SheltieLover
(66,489 posts)
riversedge
(75,054 posts)And sadly, this is EXACTLY what DOGE-Musk is doing!!
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The truth is, DOGE was never about making government more efficient. It was about taking control of it from the inside. What happened at the NLRB is not an isolated incidentits a warning of what happens when billionaires are handed unchecked power inside public institutions.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/162LWMtiW3/
Dan
(4,568 posts)This wasnt about government efficiency, these people were Hackers with the intent to steal access and insert back doors to the system that they could exploit whenever they wanted too. Musk/Trump are working for Putin and these features really are a cyber attack on the United States.
mountain grammy
(27,699 posts)thanks for posting. Terrifying.
Hekate
(97,244 posts)Maeve
(43,203 posts)I reposted on Bluesky and was redirected to the original..
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security
oasis
(52,219 posts)DOGE
wordstroken
(1,057 posts)Attilatheblond
(5,649 posts)Short & to the point! Thank you. Share with others.
wordstroken
(1,057 posts)
Attilatheblond
(5,649 posts)Asking others to share this so more people will understand what DOGE is actually doing, and it ain't saving money.
Joinfortmill
(17,849 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(10,041 posts)... has driven many more ambitious people (mostly men) to pursue monetary gain by any means. I firmly believe had corporations not ended their pension benefits for 401ks, and downsized in order to pay executives outlandish salaries and facilitate stock buybacks for investors, we wouldn't see the growth in cyber crimes. We would seek to protect the innocent rather than have an Elon Musk abuse authority for the pleasure of it.
We need a reckoning.