DOGE Leaked SSNs Via Cloudflare Shares; Suspects Point Finger at Peter Thiel's Data Banks
Department of Guidance (DOGE) employees allegedly shared mountains of sensitive data, including Social Security numbers obtained from the NLRB, through unsecured channels like Cloudflare shares with unapproved third parties.
The room is split between legal panic and cynical resignation. Some users, like IHeartBadCode, accuse DOGE of gross negligence for handing out CSVs and XSLs on insecure platforms. Others, like pulsewidth, suggest the action *could* reach treason charges if foreign nationals were involved, while Warl0k3 counters that proving treason legally is near impossible. The real alarm bells ring from snooggums, who claims the worst part is the data might have landed with private figures like Peter Thiel, suggesting a betrayal worse than simple law-breaking.
The prevailing consensus screams that irreversible damage occurred through clear improper disclosure of PPI. The fault line isn't just the leak itself; it's the belief that powerful actors abuse state data knowing accountability is politically compromised.
Key Points
DOGE improperly shared SSNs and NLRB data over insecure channels.
Multiple contributors note the leak via non-secure methods like Cloudflare shares.
Prosecuting the leak as treason is legally dubious.
Warl0k3 states the legal threshold for US treason is extremely high and hard to prove.
The leaked data constitutes massive, irreversible damage to citizens.
HasturInYellow describes the exposure of medical, tax, and criminal records as devastating.
The data may have been funneled to private, influential entities.
snooggums claims the data may have been exported to private banks associated with Peter Thiel, suggesting a systemic betrayal.
The primary legal violation is improper disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information (PPI).
ParlimentOfDoom argues the action legally carries fines and jail time.
Source Discussions (3)
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