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ZoLo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇳🇴🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♾️My amazing wife, Steph Locke (I'll get her on Mastodon eventually!) is looking for work; ideally C-suite in for-good organisations where her technology experience can make a big difference.She's a globally renowned expert in data and AI, a community leader, and former entrepreneur, who has most recently been working in Microsoft's software and AI sales division <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stephanielocke_opentowork-activity-7317967396714020865--B1k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAARnByEB1rp78xhx5PwFfH0oB_ysXKw0cXs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stephanielocke_opentowork-activity-7317967396714020865--B1k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAARnByEB1rp78xhx5PwFfH0oB_ysXKw0cXs</a><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/it" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#it</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a>

Want Ch🔁nge? W🔁rk T🔁gether☑<a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@w0bb1t" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@w0bb1t</a> =============== <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/CrapData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrapData</a> comment and Copy of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AltText</a> ===============Imagine people's messy disks and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/duplicates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#duplicates</a>, files and folders, but all on the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cloud</a> (maybe multiple clouds!).... Just occupying physical disk space and destroying the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#energy</a> keeping it all going when it's a lot of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/crap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crap</a>... 🗑️ Unwanted stuff that would take too long to sort, but TOO EASY to save everything.🗑️ <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/CrapData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrapData</a> 🗑️ People saving crap online... to the extent of killing planet... 🔥 🌲 🔥 🔌 💡 ⛔ 🚫 ================== Copy of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AltText</a> below:: =================="We need to talk about the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a>. Crap data. We’re destroying our environment to create and store trillions of blurred images, half-baked videos, rip-off AI ‘songs’, rip-off AI animations, videos and images, emails with mega attachments, never-to-be-watched-again presentations, never-to-be-read-again reports, files and drawings from cancelled projects, drafts of drafts of drafts, out of date, inaccurate and plain wrong <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#information</a>, and gigabytes and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/gigabytes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gigabytes</a> of poorly written, meandering content."I'm happy to be first this " <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/CrapData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrapData</a> " hashtag and was inspired by this post:<a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@w0bb1t/114296085310428607" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tldr.nettime.org/@w0bb1t/114296085310428607</a><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ignorance</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/bourgeois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bourgeois</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/bloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bloat</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/FreeSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSchool</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wisdom</a>

Prairie PostgresIt's official - we are now a community-recognized NPO by the PostgreSQL Global Development Group! What does this mean? 🐘 We support the open source <a href="https://cityofchicago.live/tags/PostgreSQL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PostgreSQL</a> RDBMS as our primary mission, and manage our organization in accordance with the official PGDG Nonprofit Organizations policy. Learn more here: <a href="https://www.postgresql.org/community/recognised-npos/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.postgresql.org/community/recognised-npos/</a><a href="https://cityofchicago.live/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://cityofchicago.live/tags/technonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technonprofit</a> <a href="https://cityofchicago.live/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonprofit</a> <a href="https://cityofchicago.live/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://cityofchicago.live/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://cityofchicago.live/tags/database" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#database</a> <a href="https://cityofchicago.live/tags/sql" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sql</a> <a href="https://cityofchicago.live/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foss</a> <a href="https://cityofchicago.live/tags/oss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oss</a> <a href="https://cityofchicago.live/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://cityofchicago.live/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freesoftware</a>

Alex VerbeekWhile politicians debate, statisticians are solving climate challenges. My Berlin keynote showed how data analytics revolutionize sustainability. The solutions exist—we just need to scale them.➡️ <a href="https://theplanet.substack.com/p/why-statisticians-not-politicians" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theplanet.substack.com/p/why-statisticians-not-politicians</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#analysis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JMP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yesJMPcan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yesJMPcan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a>

joostruis<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZzxxLqWKOE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZzxxLqWKOE</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Data</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privacy</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> is collecting federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> to remove <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#housing</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jobs</a>  Officials working with the U.S. DOGE Service are pushing agencies to turn over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#information</a> on where people work, study & live.  The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin is using personal data normally <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protected</a> from dissemination to find undocumented immigrants where they work, study & live, often with the goal of removing them from their housing & the workforce.  <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/15/doge-ssa-immigration-trump-housing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/15/doge-ssa-immigration-trump-housing/</a>

LumiWorx<a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Nonilex</a> ... there are some basics that are being missed when it comes to any/all <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> actions, is that it is raw granular <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a>. It is indexed under a specific person, or company, or organization, and in such detail that _anyone_ who has it can 'become' that identity.Fake a voting ballot for every living (or dead) citizen? Absolutely! Write a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#campaign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/contribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contribution</a> check? Of course! Transfer funds from your charity into my some fascist 'wealth fund'? You got it!The raw data is the prize.

Marek Pavliš 🇨🇿 🇪🇺"...there is no <a href="https://mastodonczech.cz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> without <a href="https://mastodonczech.cz/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#energy</a>; at the same time, AI has the potential to transform the energy sector." 📊 This "Energy and AI" <a href="https://mastodonczech.cz/tags/report" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#report</a> from the International Energy Agency (<a href="https://mastodonczech.cz/tags/IEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IEA</a>) is based on new global and regional modelling and <a href="https://mastodonczech.cz/tags/datasets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#datasets</a>, as well as extensive consultation with governments and regulators, the <a href="https://mastodonczech.cz/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> sector, the energy industry and international experts. 👉 <a href="https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-and-ai" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-and-ai</a><a href="https://mastodonczech.cz/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IT</a> <a href="https://mastodonczech.cz/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://mastodonczech.cz/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electricity</a> <a href="https://mastodonczech.cz/tags/artificiallife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artificiallife</a>

Pia"2 zero-day vulnerabilities in Cleo’s file transfer platform, tracked as CVE-2024-50623 & CVE-2024-55956, were exploited by the notorious Cl0p ransomware group in Oct. & Dec. 2024 to exfiltrate <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23data" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> from dozens of organizations" <a href="https://www.securityweek.com/hertz-discloses-data-breach-linked-to-cleo-hack/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.securityweek.com/hertz-disclo...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23cybersec" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersec</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23tech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23infosec" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infosec</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23natsec" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#natsec</a> <a href="https://www.securityweek.com/hertz-discloses-data-breach-linked-to-cleo-hack/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hertz Discloses Data Breach Li...</a>

NFDI4DSCall for PapersJoint Workshop RDSC: Research Data and Software Competencies at Informatik 2025 co-organized by <a href="https://nfdi.social/@nfdixcs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@nfdixcs</a>, <a href="https://nfdi.social/@NFDI4DS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@NFDI4DS</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@dkz2r" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dkz2r</a> and <a href="https://nfdi.social/tags/quadriga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quadriga</a>Key areas: 1) identifying essential research data and software competencies, and 2) exploring best practices for enhancing development of these competencies among researchers<a href="https://events.hifis.net/event/2272/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://events.hifis.net/event/2272/</a>Submission deadline for all papers is 15.5.25<a href="https://nfdi.social/tags/RDSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RDSC</a> <a href="https://nfdi.social/tags/Informatik2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Informatik2025</a> <a href="https://nfdi.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://nfdi.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://nfdi.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> <a href="https://nfdi.social/tags/competencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#competencies</a> <a href="https://nfdi.social/tags/bestpractice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bestpractice</a>

NonilexThe battle inside the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSA</a> led the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> to intervene to deny <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> access to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a>, even as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin installed & promoted DOGE-friendly leaders to dramatically cut back services at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a>. It involved staff, from rank-&-file employees to senior leaders, including acting commissioner <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LelandDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LelandDudek</a>, who was appointed to his position after displaying public loyalty to DOGE.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judiciary</a>

Hacker NewsYou cannot have our user's data<a href="https://sourcehut.org/blog/2025-04-15-you-cannot-have-our-users-data/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sourcehut.org/blog/2025-04-15-you-cannot-have-our-users-data/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/You" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#You</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cannot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cannot</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/have" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#have</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/our" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#our</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/userdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#userdata</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dataethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dataethics</a>

NonilexMore on this:Inside <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>’s push to defy a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CourtOrder</a> & access <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> dataReps of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>’s US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> Service have sought for weeks to get around a court order barring their access to sensitive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> & internal systems at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSA</a>, prompting career staff to repeatedly resist their efforts, acc/to a half dozen people familiar w/the DOGE team’s actions & records obtained by The Washington Post.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judiciary</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/15/doge-social-security-data-judge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/15/doge-social-security-data-judge/</a>

joe•iuculano :mastodon:Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NPR</a> @ 5:00am ET on Apr 15, 2025..technical staff members were alarmed about what <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> engineers did when..granted access, particularly when those staffers noticed spike in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> leaving the agency. It's possible the data included sensitive information on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unions</a>, ongoing legal cases and corporate secrets — data that 4 labor law experts tell <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NPR</a> should almost never leave the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NLRB</a> & that has nothing to do w/ making government more efficient or cutting spending<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security</a>

NonilexBeluris came to that conclusion…after he saw a traffic spike in DNS requests parallel to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> being exfiltrated, a spike 1,000 times the normal number of requests.When someone uses this technique, they set up a domain name that pings the target system w/questions or queries. But they configure the compromised server so that it answers those DNS queries by sending out packets of data, allowing the attacker to steal info that has been broken down into smaller chunks.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>

NonilexWhile investigating the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> taken from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NLRB</a>, Berulis tried to determine its ultimate destination. But whoever had exfiltrated it had disguised its destination too….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> staffers had permission to access the system, but removing data is another matter.Berulis says someone appeared to be doing something called DNS tunneling to prevent the data exfiltration from being detected.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a>

NonilexBerulis noticed 5 PowerShell downloads…, a task automation program that would allow engineers to run automated commands. There were several code libraries that got his attention—tools that appeared to be designed to automate & mask <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> exfiltration. There was a tool to generate a seemingly endless number of IP addresses called "requests-ip-rotator," & a commonly used automation tool for web developers called "browserless" — both repositories starred or favorited by Wick, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> engineer….

NonilexIn fact, when they looked into the spike, they found that logs that were used to monitor outbound traffic from the system were absent. Some actions taken on the network, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> exfiltration, had no attribution—except to a "deleted account," he continued. "Nobody knows who deleted the logs or how they could have gone missing," Berulis said.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a>

NonilexFor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> experts, that spike in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> leaving the system is a key indicator of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/breach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#breach</a>, Berulis explained.When Berulis asked his IT colleagues whether they knew why the data was exfiltrated or whether anyone else had been using containers to run code on the system in recent weeks, no one knew anything about it or the other unusual activities on the network….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a>

NonilexRegardless, that kind of spike is extremely unusual, …because <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> almost never directly leaves from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NLRB</a>'s databases. In his disclosure, Berulis shared a screenshot tracking data entering and exiting the system, & there's only one noticeable spike of data going out. He also confirmed that no one at the NLRB had been saving backup files that week or migrating data for any projects.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a>

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