We still don’t really know what Elon Musk’s Doge actually did

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/30/elon-musk-doge-impact-us-government

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JcbAzPx@lemmy.world · 74 pts · 221d (1 reply)

What they did is forcibly enter places they weren't supposed to be allowed access to and take over their systems. Incidentally, most of those places held data owned by groups with regulatory authority over some or all of his businesses.

pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 221d

Also, great blackmail material is every single place they went.

ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world · 36 pts · 221d

I'm still convinced it was a cover to steal every bit of internal data on every American to supply Musks xAI venture in an attempt to get an advantage over the other AI firms.

atzanteol@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 221d

It's a feature, not a bug. That way you can't disprove the made-up numbers they use.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 221d (1 reply)

They just backdoored or snagged a DB dump on every possible database they could get their hands on and gave it to Palantir (and who knows who else, but probably also the FSB, Mossad, and possibly MSS). That was the mission. That was what they did. They fully got away with it.

Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 221d

And it's not over. All those systems are compromised, one day they'll hopefully realize that they have to start from scratch.

DeICEAmerica@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 221d
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vpol@feddit.uk · 18 pts · 221d

They stole sensitive data for Russians and Chinese.

billwashere@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 221d (2 replies)

Yes we do… they stole data.

D_C@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 221d

Whoa, calm down and get things correct...
They stole data AND sent it to russia.

Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 221d

Also he dismantled all the agencies that were investigating his companies.

garretble@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 221d

They gutted USAID which in turn caused thousands to starve in other countries. So that’s fun.

echo@lemmings.world · 6 pts · 221d

That's intentional...

IndustryStandard@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 221d

MehBlah@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 221d

His littlebigbawl bois went in and stole as much as they could.

Rhoeri@piefed.world · 2 pts · 221d

I’m sure we have a pretty good idea.