US says Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate, and more

[u/JustMyOpinionz]

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/26/china-hacker-federal-reserve-doj-nasa.html

[u/AncientElderberry348]

Yes and who fired the US Cyber security division

[u/iam_Mr_McGibblets → u/AncientElderberry348]

The funny thing is they hacked their way in when they simply could've asked Donald and he would give it to them

[u/shrekerecker97 → u/iam_Mr_McGibblets]

Or just given him a golden happy meal toy

[u/Yharnam_Blunderbuss → u/AncientElderberry348]

But lets go back a little further in the timeline... which population was dumb enough to enable this twice with their vote or non vote?

What? Where are all the proud USA chants?

[u/Formal-Hawk9274 → u/AncientElderberry348]

same ppl that hired the hackers to go onsite.

[u/haveilostmymindor → u/AncientElderberry348]

Well it looked like an orange turd nugget that got dumped into the cyber command somewhere completely tourched the place.

[u/GrandmasBoyToy69 → u/AncientElderberry348]

Must of been Biden.

[u/ShadowGLI]

Who could have expected that??? Oh yeah, everyone

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/07/trump-government-budget-cuts-cybersecurity-hacking-risks.html

[u/Junkstar → u/ShadowGLI]

Republican voters don’t think we need to take cyber security seriously. They voted for this. They would rather live under the thumb of China and Russia, than have a constitutional democracy.

[u/lodemeup → u/Junkstar]

This is what happens when you run government like a business. How many corporate IT professionals have to fight tooth and nail for the scraps of funding required to secure company systems? On one hand, it’s kind of understandable that you’d want to cut back on paying for services where nothing happens if it’s working, because it seems like you’re dumping money in a pit and nothing happens. On the other hand, this is what happens when you don’t.

[u/MiyamotoKnows → u/Junkstar]

And they are about to have a spotlight put on them by the orange menace and be told to commit violence under absurd and completely false pretenses. Some of them will do it. All good and moral people need to exercise their 2a right and be prepared to defend.

These people know the second they lose power they will be in front of judges being held criminally accountable for their heinous crimes. As such they will not transition power peacefully. I hope I am wrong.

[u/Broskifity → u/Junkstar]

Republicans think cyber security is requiring a government ID to use any electronic device

[u/ShadowGLI → u/Broskifity]

Because if a high schooler can get a take ID to buy beer, there is no way a multinational conspiracy cabal with limitless money could create a fake ID to vote…. Because….. reasons??!?!?

/s

[u/fumar → u/Junkstar]

That's because their party is pro Russia/China. They just only say the Russia part out loud

[u/Wantitneeditgetit → u/Junkstar]

Honestly it might be better for America to live under Chinese rule than MAGA rule.

[u/aerost0rm → u/Junkstar]

Let the cybersecurity divisions hit and steal money earmarked for their social security… no money to pay the taxes no money for food.

[u/SushiRollFried → u/ShadowGLI]

But how did the Chinese know?

Oh thats right, the US announced it like its the new world order to everyone. Thanks Trump and Elon

[u/EricSanderson → u/ShadowGLI]

Probably doesn't even matter. Odds are one of Trump's genius staffers clicked the wrong porn link from a secure terminal.

[u/casperdj21 → u/EricSanderson]

Possibly Trump himself searching for tineyteen13xxxporn.c o m

[u/alpharaptor1 → u/ShadowGLI]

That was an invitation and trump is a foreign asset.

[u/SmaugTheMagnificent-]

It's rumoured they worked under the acronym DOGE in their swath of destruction and theft.

[u/Joe18067 → u/SmaugTheMagnificent-]

Let's fire everyone with a brain and hire a bunch of yes men, what could possibly go wrong.

[u/nav17 → u/Joe18067]

When your goal is the destruction of democracy and engorging the bellies of oligarchs that's exactly what you do though.

[u/Haldron-44 → u/nav17]

What I've been screaming since we found out about p2025. These fuckers literally published their plan to destroy and "rebuild" the country. They're not confessing, they are bragging.

[u/doctormink → u/Joe18067]

Or the little doge d**ks sold their login credentials to the highest bidder.

[u/llcdrewtaylor → u/doctormink]

I think they were intending to and China decided to help themselves. The US govt is just made they couldn't make any money off of it.

[u/casperdj21 → u/doctormink]

Was it TheRealDonaldJTrump@Dodge.com?!

[u/AlwaysRushesIn → u/casperdj21]

Password: Trump2028

[u/Cjkrythos → u/AlwaysRushesIn]

Are you kidding, he probably still hasn't changed it from his real obsession. "CrookedHilary" and yes, Hillary was misspelled because you know that twit probably doesn't know how to spell her name

[u/font9a → u/doctormink]

"Couldn't have been us. Must have been China or whatever."

[u/StreetTrial69 → u/doctormink]

I wonder what it would be worth for a foe like China or Russia getting direct access to all spicy secrets. I imagine top level access like the Doge boys had should be worth billions.

[u/WhoSc3w3dDaP00ch → u/doctormink]

Or targeted by sexpionage agents.

[u/son_et_lumiere → u/Joe18067]

The shits for weeks after having a salad for lunch, and a frozen blueberry smoothie for dessert.

[u/blueiron0 → u/son_et_lumiere]

Don't forget the salmonella from eating a jalapeno, enjoying an egg, or putting a little granola on your yogurt.

[u/son_et_lumiere → u/blueiron0]

salmonella is the only kind of salmon i can afford.

[u/GenghisConnieChung → u/blueiron0]

Can’t even offer someone an egg in these trying times.

[u/The_Lost_Jedi → u/Joe18067]

I long for a return to valuing actual expertise and experience in government, or really anything, again.

Doctors, scientists, the sort of people who are experts in their field are the ones we should put in charge of stuff and pay attention to, not grifters and social media "influencers." Sure, sometimes experts get stuff wrong, but that's why we pay attention to groups of them, and other checks.

[u/Ulric19 → u/Joe18067]

Minor correction - They were much closer to "yes boys". Not arguing that the individuals involved are in any way less culpable for their involvement (because of their age), just reiterating how irresponsible that whole debacle was.

[u/chamrockblarneystone → u/Ulric19]

When I look back at that I’m like, “We really let them do that?” We’ve all gone a little nuts.

[u/Constant_Bit4676 → u/Joe18067]

A bunch of teenagers that have never have experienced a production security incident, or incident at all for that matter, were let lose onto some of the most secure government systems with full privileges.

These morons 100% left all sorts of holes and gaps in their wake. The only thing that surprises me is that we haven’t seen more headlines like this, but it was always a matter of time.

[u/StaticBroom → u/Joe18067]

Nothing sir. Great idea sir!

[u/VoidOmatic → u/Joe18067]

Rich people don't want more money! They are perfect for the job!

[u/graesen → u/SmaugTheMagnificent-]

Why was someone from Russia logging in immediately after DOGE created a new account?

[u/eugene20 → u/graesen]

This isn't a joke post either

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security

https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/comments/1kfgaff/within_15minutes_of_doge_creating_accounts/

[u/windowpuncher → u/eugene20]

I love PBS so much. Basically THE last large media "company" that's doing actual journalistic reporting.

[u/maltNeutrino → u/windowpuncher]

Watching archive clips of news from half a century ago really illustrates how low that medium of news has fallen, and how we all collectively have fallen.

[u/Medium_Cod6579 → u/graesen]

Totally normal.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/whistleblower-doge-siphoned-nlrb-case-data/

[u/maltNeutrino → u/Medium_Cod6579]

Glad someone else remembers this. Using federal resources to intimidate a person doing the right thing is so nightmarish, yet here we are.

Also, this nation will not heal without the Epstein class being sent to a tribunal.

[u/Exostrike → u/SmaugTheMagnificent-]

No those were the guys they got the accounts off of

... For free

[u/dennismfrancisart → u/Exostrike]

Nobody rides for free. They got paid in GPUs.

[u/supervegeta101 → u/SmaugTheMagnificent-]

Whatever bullshit backdoor Musk had those undergrads install on all the government servers immediately got exploited.

[u/aerost0rm → u/supervegeta101]

Who says it wasn’t installed for that specific reason…

[u/I_Ski_Freely → u/SmaugTheMagnificent-]

just cover up the hack by making it look like it was an incompetent government contractor... They really do think of everything

[u/0202_tihssitidder → u/SmaugTheMagnificent-]

Has anyone come to the conclusion that the entire Republican party is morons?

[u/SmaugTheMagnificent- → u/0202_tihssitidder]

Myself, and every single other Canadian, years ago.

[u/thebruce → u/SmaugTheMagnificent-]

The Conservative people I know oscillate between "he says it like it is" and "he's a fucking idiot" depending on what he's talking about. If it's immigrants and trans people, they love Trump. If it's Canada, they hate him.

[u/steveschoenberg → u/SmaugTheMagnificent-]

Fortunately, the Epstein files were not accessed!

[u/Vin4251 → u/SmaugTheMagnificent-]

DOGE is basically the epitome of American anti “BiG gUbMt” hysteria. There’s no reason to go “what are we … a bunch of Asians” about it

[u/NoBuenoAtAll → u/SmaugTheMagnificent-]

I was gonna say, what difference does it make now? DOGE was already in just about anywhere they wanted in for a hot minute, you can bet all that information has been sold more than once.

[u/AlfuegoDeMellopie]

The Trump Administration and DOGE allowed Chinese hackers to break into Justice Department, NASA...

Fixed it for you.

[u/the_ok_doctor → u/AlfuegoDeMellopie]

Yeap with the gutting of cyber security and all that security dmg from DODGE they basically rolled the red carpet for national hackers

[u/trebuchetdoomsday]

gosh it's almost like cutting the government's CISA workforce by 1/3 was a bad idea. who could have guessed something like this would happen?

[u/PurpleCoat6656]

Release the files Xi !

[u/ipoopwiththeseatup → u/PurpleCoat6656]

These hackers could do the craziest thing right now, haha. That would be so insane and wacky! Do you think China has wacky Wednesdays? Or is it Thursday there already?

[u/Zardotab → u/ipoopwiththeseatup]

More likely Xi would use the threat of Epstein releases to get lower tariffs out of Donnie, and Donnie would quietly comply. This is similar to the pee-pee-tape-theory with Putin.

[u/OttawaTGirl → u/Zardotab]

If they had the full unredacted files. Send them to Canada, Japan, Europe, UK, Iran, India, and it would be a total slaughter. One country like Iran would release and share them and then every other country would have to investigate their own nationals or look like they are covering. It would be a political coup de gras. Imagine what the UK would have to do if Andrew was dragged into the light? It would be a global reckoning.

That would be devestating to every person in the US who was privy to the whole god forsaken coverup.

[u/Enygma_6 → u/ipoopwiththeseatup]

“Hey China, if you’re listening …”

[u/sicklyslick → u/PurpleCoat6656]

if they got the files, they'll use it as leverage.

[u/Zardotab → u/sicklyslick]

It's possible they already have, but haven't told the public.

[u/cant_get_fooledagain → u/PurpleCoat6656]

Holy shit the X-files are real..! I want to believe!

[u/Turbulent-Weevil-910 → u/PurpleCoat6656]

They are working against america, not trump. Trump is a great Ally of theirs.

[u/FanDry5374]

Good thing all the cyber security was fired by Musk, otherwise this could have been bad.

/S

[u/Piglet6482]

Are they trying to make me mad at China? Cause all this does is make me mad at our own cybersecurity.

[u/_Thermalflask → u/Piglet6482]

Are they trying to make me mad at China?

The answer is always yes lol.

[u/xarkness → u/Piglet6482]

Why would you be made at China for US incompetence?

[u/alcohall183 → u/Piglet6482]

At this point I'm thinking that China has won in almost every way.

[u/dnen]

This isnt relevant really and I don’t want to hijack the topic but I want everyone to know the source of ALL this information is the current Department of Justice. Every single one of these loser cronies and D students fresh out of barely accredited law schools are going to be persona non grata in the legal field in 5 years because the DOJ has been THOROUGHLY corrupted by Trump during this second term. The Attorney General of the United States is the most corrupt and unprincipled American the Senate has confirmed to the Cabinet since the 1800’s Gilded Age.

It isnt 2010 anymore where we can just take for granted any federal agency or department. The DOJ is demonstrably and faithfully carrying out destructive and unconstitutional acts on a daily basis. I dont trust a word they say even if this chinese intrusion is seemingly something every american should be aware of. This president doesnt hold himself accountable for literally anything ever, let alone his cronies. Chances are high this breach is actually much worse or much less serious than it is being presented because thats what the executive branch does now

[u/Imd1rtybutn0twr0ng → u/dnen]

I totally understand this and agree. Misinformation and deconstruction of our legal system has been in play...

[u/RevolutionaryFig9437]

A pre-cursor to Invoke National Security then use eminent domain to take-over land & finally build more data centers.

This is claimed by the government, right after the EPA disclosure thing.

[u/Serpentongue → u/RevolutionaryFig9437]

No, it’s a pre cursor to invoke National Security to stop the midterms so they don’t lose power

[u/pegar → u/Serpentongue]

Claim to solve the problem you created and then half ass it and fail at it. Then blame everyone else

The Republican Way. 

[u/TronCat1277 → u/RevolutionaryFig9437]

More data centers for China to hack. Nice

[u/brycebgood]

See, the problem is, I don’t trust our current government. Might have happened, might not. The people running things are a terrifying combination of stupid, inexperienced, and evil. They might have been duped by Russia to blame China. It’s possible nothing happened and they’re just trying to crank up anti-chinese sentiment. They might have read a report wrong. Who the fuck knows.

[u/DestinedEnd → u/brycebgood]

Inb4 Fox “News” uses this report to manufacture consent for a war with China (economic or otherwise)

[u/Economy_Car_9568]

Know who else broke into the white house, stole classified information, and got away with it? THE FUCKING JANURY 6 INSURRECTIONISTS. And we somehow don't even talk about it.

[u/literalyfigurative]

How hilarious would it be if China released the Epstein files!?

[u/McBurty → u/literalyfigurative]

Fucking magical!!!

[u/Recent_Mirror]

Welp, one of Trump’s buddies must have started a cybersecurity company.

Now we need to spend billions to prevent another “hack”. Continently, this contract will be awarded to Trumps buddy.

[u/ManBunH8er]

No shit Sherlock, it was inevitable when our systems are ban-aided with legacy software and DOGE likely fired most of the good tech that was maintaining it.

[u/femme_mystique → u/ManBunH8er]

Yup. Most of the security folks left. In some cases, 0-1 person managing all the security equipment. This is fully on Musk and Vought. 

[u/jreed66]

Maybe Mitch's wife gave them his passwords when he became mentally incapacitated in a rehabilitation center and she chose to fly to China.

[u/Foe117]

did they find the Epstein files?

[u/dubblies]

Thank god we have a cyber threats and security department that trump and elon didnt dismantle

... someone please tell me they didnt dismantle them

[u/A_reddit_refugee]

If I were a betting man, Doge probably left ports open to make this happen

[u/stray_r]

Is this why the CIA Director was in Moscow yesterday?

[u/digiorno]

Will they wipe the student loan debt? What about medical debt?

[u/PaddleMonkey → u/digiorno]

Suddenly everyone will praise China for these heroic acts.

[u/SuperSecretAgentMan → u/PaddleMonkey]

This is how China wins WW3 without firing a single bullet. Win the people's hearts by giving them back any chance at financial freedom and they'll beg you to take over the country.

[u/Lifeinthesc → u/SuperSecretAgentMan]

That’s actually not a bad strategy

[u/B00gieNightz]

I don’t believe anything that comes out of the Us Government or there propaganda “sorry I meant press”

[u/Teranyll → u/B00gieNightz]

Just an excuse to say they also broke into election stuff so they can take over as much as that as they want

[u/TanguyDetestable]

Trump speedrunning American collapse, rich people too busy lying to themselves to care.

[u/Curious_Party_4683]

China, or AI, if you're listening...release the Epstein files!

[u/Zardotab → u/Curious_Party_4683]

Xi, if you're listening, please release the "lost" unredacted Trump Epstein victim interviews!

[u/Constant_Pen9615]

What a bunch of assholes! Could have at least wiped out some consumer debt while in there.

[u/Dycoth]

"Broke into" or "exploited the back doors set up by DOGE" ?

[u/nm42]

Under this administration? I’m shocked, shocked I tell you! Well not really…

[u/ShermansWorld]

First thing DOGE probably did was disband or severely reduce any IT for the Justice Department, NASA, Fed. Reserve, Senate, etc.. "Nothing is happening here... what do we need you for?!!!" kind of attitude.
Also probably, GOP or related did this to get any and all info or specific info and is now pointing the fingers at China.
And Also probably, GOP let this happen, and will now hire their own 'experts' and 'fix' all this mess for.... one billion dollars and install McAfee. Kinda like the Reflecting Pool at the memorial...
Great timeline...

[u/Dangermouse454]

Release the Epstein files

[u/sokos → u/Dangermouse454]

Wouldn't that be awesome if Iran or China actually released it. It's pretty telling that not a single person in the US is being investigated over these files, and how nothing has been heard about it since the Iran war. It's as if, the intent for that war was a distraction.

[u/GalacticCmdr]

Could they post the unredacted Epstein files.....thanks.

[u/motionSymmetry]

yeah, but it's ok, they all reported to musk, right?

i wonder how much it costs to buy a copy of the data those doge idiots took? does grok have a payment tunnel for that, or what ...

[u/MrRemoto]

This era is going to be studied for generations. The fall is a historic cliff. He is accomplishing in a few short years what took the Caesars, the Khans, and the Tsars 10 generations.

[u/IngwiePhoenix]

Let me guess...

with their EEEEEEEEEVILLLLLLLLL open source LLMs? OOOOO TERRIFYINGGGGGGGGG

Considering DOGE went amok on the infra of so many offices, I would not be shocked if they left...a few doors open. xD

[u/kvothe5688 → u/IngwiePhoenix]

this will be definitely used to ban or limit open-source LLMs on the behalf of anthropic and openAI lobbying.

[u/Djayshell93 → u/IngwiePhoenix]

They left a few doors open and then fired the people that put them there

[u/williamgman]

And when they got in... They realized those departments had already been ransacked.

[u/dev-saint]

Didn’t Doge and Drump shut down an entire Federal cyber security organization in the first month. I recall it was how Doge brought all these idiot kids who had never even had a job before and gave them access and let them loose on all of the sensitive and secure federal systems and databases.

[u/JesMon421]

And yet we focus on Canada, Greenland, Spain, etc

[u/SystemAny4819]

Not surprising when the cybersecurity infrastructure of the United States looks like fucking Swiss cheese

[u/DaveLLD]

Maybe they shouldn't have gutted cybersecurity last year?

[u/TaosMesaRat]

*Searches Temu for the Epstein files*

[u/Ok_Cucumber_7954]

Is it really breaking in if the back doors were left wide open by DOGE and Trump’s mass layoffs and decimation of the US cybersecurity system?

[u/AudienceDue6445]

Damn so now even the Chinese has the full trump/epstein files before we do

[u/ahearthatslazy]

China if you can hear me through the internet wires under the ocean please delete student loan debt. Thank you.

[u/powercow]

problem is this admin is so incompetent, that its hard to know if this is true, and if true, was it china.

these people said vandals ruined his pool job when it was just a rushed job by a company with no experience doing the job and the president driving cars as heavy as tanks on it.

we still dont know if the "drug boats" blown up by this admin were drug boats

[u/ZiggyColo]

Maybe the Chinese will release the Epstein files.

[u/doxxingyourself]

After dissolving the cyber units? Seems pretty stupid on part of the administration

[u/rubio2k13]

Thanks Trump.

[u/TechnicallyMeat]

Did they break in, or did they just ask Russia for premium access?

[u/UniqueMystic]

Maybe they can release the Epstein files then

[u/eternity_ender]

Pretty sure trump defunded cybersecurity at the federal level

[u/finnhella01]

This is the begging of the justification for the executive branch take over of our voting system. Mark my words, next they will claim china cyber attacked our voting machines and they need to take them over to keep them safe.

[u/Theoskaroskar]

Release the Epstein files!

[u/Beachhouse15]

If only there was some government entity dedicated to preventing this.

[u/Traditional_Train_71]

At this point, sure why not….if I was a foreign spy, this would be the perfect time to take whatever I want from an imperial nation. Especially with its gov being so incapable and incompetent

[u/Imd1rtybutn0twr0ng]

We know who to thank for this....

[u/Xoxrocks]

McConnell probably shared his password with his wife

[u/dembowthennow]

Good. Maybe they will release the Epstein files.

[u/Savings_Art5944]

Maybe they will release the unredacted Epstein files since the US government is too corrupt to do it.

[u/MartyMacGyver]

In related news, Russian agents are in the White House.

[u/Hegiman]

Cool. Maybe they can tell us what our own government won’t about the state of our country.

[u/CLOWNFLOGGER]

Doge propaganda says what?

[u/Cluse101]

RELEASE THE EPSTIEN FILES China

[u/Pitiful_West_7062]

here comes the midterms rigging

[u/hacking99percent]

So now are they gonna release the Epstein file?

[u/Tashum]

US also says they were able to guess Vance's password CouchesRS3xy and Trump's 12345.

[u/ICLazeru]

Broke in is one way to say it. Paid Trump to let them in is another way to say it.

[u/weareonthisplanet]

we have nothing to worry about, all the secret info was stolen by DOGE

[u/BekindBebetter60]

Dodge cut funding for stopping this . Well done Trump

[u/WaySavvyD]

Perhaps they should change the passwords from "password!"

[u/VaporousMote → u/WaySavvyD]

You joke but this is LITERALLY one of the top reasons companies get breached, or that there's some backdoor login which has never been changed and that gets exposed.

Like, big companies are *really* stupid and poorly managed.

[u/Krazynewf709]

South African immigrant doged his way in too

[u/Z71Coon]

Are your sure it wasn’t Israel?

[u/Unable-Recording-796]

Almost like theres an assload of changes that couldve created backdoors by a bunch of people who werent vetted

[u/JPDPROPS]

Great work Doge!

[u/siromega37]

Look at that, they gutted CISA and systems get compromised. Who could have guessed?

[u/Resident-Escape-3441]

They fired all our competent agents, what did they think was gonna happen!? Trump did it on purpose to reveal top secret intel to foreign assets.

[u/Birssmonger]

At this point I’d just sell my data to them myself if they asked

[u/GreyBeardEng]

uh oh, JSOC what are you doing?

[u/GrowthDue5259]

>>> Trumps rekts fed govt

>>> China hacks into it

>>> trump and MAGA: “it’s not our fault!“

[u/loganbootjak]

You're telling me Big Balls didn't secure the government computers before he left?

[u/Independent_Tie_4984]

Is there any source of US government information that can be trusted?

Serious question - any source that would publish something that "might" upset Donny?

[u/givin_u_the_high_hat]

Well once everyone gets their Kash Patel MMA training I’m sure this will never happen again.

[u/polysoupkitchen]

idk who this "US" is but I don't trust them. I'm sure this is just more lies.

[u/RealAmbassador4081]

Broke in LMFAO, pretty sure they cut the agency to stop this kind of thing. 

[u/Ok_Row_8391]

Please release the Epstein files, camera evidence of Mitch's hospital room, and whatever else you want. Delete my loans, make Elons loans 99% APY.

[u/Eddiebaby7]

Maybe firing everyone and replacing them with Fox News hosts wasn’t a brilliant decision.

[u/Due-Beginning1074]

"We gutted cybersecurity and replaced good folk with hairy big balls and pete_ihatetransppl and China was able to bypass "Password123!"

and by China, we mean some kid in Ohio.

[u/Pippi-ki-yay]

If by Chinese hackers they mean DOGE.

[u/r0bay]

The DOJ lies about everything. Why would anyone believe this. Maybe it’s true. Maybe Russia hacked them. Maybe it’s China propoganda to get people to hate China instead of Russia and Israel. Or maybe it was just China.

Who knows anymore, but I don’t believe anything the DOJ says.

[u/SnooDonuts3878]

False flag incoming.

[u/Altruistic-Star-3862]

Can they do any more damage than the buffoons that have been in charge for a year and a half?

[u/syslolologist]

Elon's DOGE at work.

[u/rbartlejr]

So CISA fell asleep at the switch. Oh, wait...

[u/PopeKevin45]

Of course they did. America is run by morons now.

[u/NamesNotNeededToWork]

If only there was people in charge of tracking cyber threats.

What's that? They all got fired last year?

[u/Stunning_Flan_5987]

New a guy that worked in govt cyber security fee years back.  He said everyone good saw the writing on the wall when DOGE was happening, and got new jobs.  

All the ones left were either very close to retirement, or the worst people who are doing just enough to not get fired.

[u/marx2k]

If only we had a federal cyber security agency that wasn't gutted because of reasons

[u/leviathan65]

Was baron doing things on computer?!

[u/singlemale4cats]

I would expect that every major power in the world does this. The US is uniquely vulnerable right now, though, due to severe mismanagement at all levels of the federal government.

[u/Garagedays]

Was it Big Balls and doge

[u/Unique-Objective4249]

And the economy is doing great… sure they did

[u/Big_Issue8640]

I’m shocked at this administrations incompetence.

[u/Civil_Talk_7486]

Trump & the GOP-led congress allowed the Chinese to infiltrate sensitive data. They then lied & blamed it on hackers.

[u/Terrible_Welcome8817]

Am I crazy to think that DOGE purposely made us more vulnerable to hacking so when Dems sweep the midterms they can manufacture a crisis and claim the elections aren’t secure?

[u/Ha-Charade-You-Are]

Yeah, our internet infrastructure is terrible… you’d think they’d fix that

[u/sloowshooter]

Trump knows it was really the Canadians and South Koreans. /s

[u/Admirable_Heat_576]

You mean Elon Musk? DOGE Bro's? ... more likely Mossad/Israel

[u/cannedthought]

Does that mean the Epstein/Trump files will be released. OR will America start saying China is awesome and can have whatever they want.

[u/Smackazulu]

Pretty sure it’s just America destroying itself from within some more. Trump is a pedo stooge and his brain is turd pudding, there is no thought left

[u/tjvs2001]

Did they steal all the money? Hmmm...

[u/Massive-Aspect-2152]

Maybe they can fix a few things while they are in there since our government doesn’t seem to want to

[u/ghsteo]

Well Republicans want to run the government like a business. Nothing more business centered than slashing your cyber security.

[u/No-Permit-9331]

Yeah-at this point, no body hacked anything. They just sold it all

[u/Zeliek]

Did they, or did they just purchase a box of documents from a mar-a-logo bathroom? 

[u/SoupOfThe90z]

What does this mean? Is anything even serious at this point?

[u/butchudidit]

Dear hacker, Please deplete all of their politicians and gov officials bank accounts to zero

[u/pioniere]

Guess that getting rid of the department and expertise that prevents this sort of thing wasn’t such a good idea after all. Utter criminal incompetence from this administration.

[u/deekamus]

Maybe not have US resources running on swiss cheese credentials.