The Department of Government Efficiency, which carried out the most transformative restructuring of the federal government in a generation, has formally ended — with no public accounting of its actions. Despite touting itself as the most transparent administration in history, the Trump White House is working to ensure that no DOGE records ever see the light of day.
A lot of people are checked out and believe there's something that would prevent them from lying so egregiously. Not realizing the few that existed were utterly gutted by Reagan, then both Bushes...
If the journalists wanna journal then go talk to the workers. They'll tell you everything they did. They might have even taken their own logs and records like they were trained to do.
Oh my no. The people going behind them documenting what they did. Logging the chuds with no clearance accessing their servers with us Marshall escorts. The actual workers of the agencies they invaded.
That makes much more sense. My take was that you were saying something like "Duh, just ask the DOGE guys", and your intention was much smarter than that!
DOGE breaking into the databases they did is the biggest crime in history that happened right in front of everyone that is not talked about, or even remembered. They hacked, rooted, and made forever-again insecure the Social Security database, the Treasury Department, and the IRS and others. They would have to develop from scratch all these DBs to ensure they don't have rootkits, etc. (billions of dollars)
It is terrifying to me that the vast majority of Americans aren't even aware of the level of crimes and compromised security hacking that was done by DOGE.
Here's what my recollections could get Gemini to cough up, after I had to recall most of the details myself - it at first just gaslit me that DOGE just got normal access to "make needed governmental cuts to save money". 🙄
The specific case you are referring to is the bombshell congressional and whistleblower disclosure filed by Daniel Berulis, a senior network security architect at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Here are the documented facts of that infiltration based on the forensic evidence and affidavits submitted to the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The Infiltration and Disabling of Security Logs
According to the forensic logs and internal documentation provided by Berulis, the "hacking" occurred via executive mandate:
Bypassing the Protocols: In early March 2025, acting IT leadership ordered staff to bypass all standard operating procedures to grant DOGE personnel maximum "tenant admin" privileges.
Logging Intentionally Disabled: The directive explicitly stated that no network logs or records were to be kept regarding the accounts created for DOGE engineers.
The "Invisible" Containers: Security staff caught a DOGE engineer using these unmonitored admin privileges to deploy hidden virtual "containers"—isolated digital environments designed to run scripts and execute commands completely invisible to the rest of the agency's tracking systems.
The 10GB Data Spike: Before the tracking could be entirely blinded, security tools picked up a massive, anomalous spike of roughly 10 gigabytes of data being siphoned out of the internal case management systems to unknown external servers (with indications that Starlink networks were used as a backdoor to bypass standard agency egress channels).
The Russian Login Attempts
Within 15 minutes of the unvetted DOGE engineers forcing the creation of these administrative accounts, the NLRB’s automated perimeter defense systems flagged and blocked more than 20 login attempts originating from a Russian IP address (83.149.30.186).
Crucially, the threat actors weren't brute-forcing the system. They were entering the exact, newly created usernames and correct admin passwords for the DOGE accounts. The only reason the intrusion was halted at the perimeter was due to a strict, pre-existing agency policy that hard-blocked any incoming logins originating from outside the United States.
The Scope: Which Databases Were Targeted?
While the most detailed, structurally verified whistleblower report with leaked forensic logs came out of the NLRB (compromising sensitive witness identities, non-public corporate data, and Social Security numbers of American workers), congressional oversight aides confirmed that this pattern was not isolated.
Similar forced "data raids" by unvetted tech contractors occurred across multiple federal agencies, including the Treasury Department's payment systems and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Because DOGE engineers systematically demanded the deletion of access footprints, the deactivation of tracking tools, and the creation of undocumented backdoors, IT security professionals have pointed out the exact structural reality you stated: the baseline integrity of these networks is broken. From a pure security auditing perspective, once root-level accounts are created without logging, and credentials immediately leak to foreign state-sponsored IPs, the entire environment must legally and technically be treated as completely compromised.
The public focus remained heavily transfixed on the political spectacle of the budget cuts, effectively burying the reality that the foundational security architecture of multiple federal networks was quietly blindsided from the inside.
That was by design. Harder to be held to account when the tables finally turn. They learned well from the Nazis (in many ways). Nuremberg would've been a lot less effective if the Nazis hadn't been such good record keepers.
DOGE may be done, but remember Russel Vought is still very much so doing the work. DOGE drew a lot of attention and did lots of damage, Vought is the quiet patient assassin still doing damage.
Would love to see that worm brought into the light again.
[OP] FreedomofPress | 18 hours ago
The Department of Government Efficiency, which carried out the most transformative restructuring of the federal government in a generation, has formally ended — with no public accounting of its actions. Despite touting itself as the most transparent administration in history, the Trump White House is working to ensure that no DOGE records ever see the light of day.
Read more: https://www.ms.now/opinion/doge-government-efficiency-records-job-cuts-elon-musk-foia
ten_thousand_puppies | 16 hours ago
If I may be so bold, I'd go even further and say "there are no records because they were never kept, probably deliberately."
Sir_Meowsalot | 4 hours ago
Or perhaps, they are in the most secure place? Next to the Nuclear Weapons documents in a bathroom next to a toilet in Mar-a-lago.
Loggerdon | 12 hours ago
“Most transparent administration in history” is a real thumb in the eye. It’s a “fuck you we do what we want”.
n0respect_ | 12 hours ago
Its just nuts that people can lie so blatantly and yet they're believed.
SquidTheRidiculous | 11 hours ago
A lot of people are checked out and believe there's something that would prevent them from lying so egregiously. Not realizing the few that existed were utterly gutted by Reagan, then both Bushes...
yanginatep | 2 hours ago
The 20 year old internet trolls Musk hired off of Twitter kept records? Seems unlikely..
toolisthebestbandevr | 16 hours ago
We knew this is what was going to happen before they even got started
intronert | 14 hours ago
The members of that team should be unemployable for the rest of their lives.
thehalfwit | 14 hours ago
I don't know... I'd hire them for prison labor.
Underwater_Grilling | 17 hours ago
If the journalists wanna journal then go talk to the workers. They'll tell you everything they did. They might have even taken their own logs and records like they were trained to do.
thicket | 14 hours ago
Would it be your interpretation that DOGE workers were mostly well-intentioned people who would be forthcoming about the work they were doing?
Underwater_Grilling | 13 hours ago
Oh my no. The people going behind them documenting what they did. Logging the chuds with no clearance accessing their servers with us Marshall escorts. The actual workers of the agencies they invaded.
thicket | 12 hours ago
That makes much more sense. My take was that you were saying something like "Duh, just ask the DOGE guys", and your intention was much smarter than that!
DarkGamer | 8 hours ago
Subpoena "big balls"
reapersaurus | 7 hours ago
DOGE breaking into the databases they did is the biggest crime in history that happened right in front of everyone that is not talked about, or even remembered. They hacked, rooted, and made forever-again insecure the Social Security database, the Treasury Department, and the IRS and others. They would have to develop from scratch all these DBs to ensure they don't have rootkits, etc. (billions of dollars)
It is terrifying to me that the vast majority of Americans aren't even aware of the level of crimes and compromised security hacking that was done by DOGE.
Here's what my recollections could get Gemini to cough up, after I had to recall most of the details myself - it at first just gaslit me that DOGE just got normal access to "make needed governmental cuts to save money". 🙄
The specific case you are referring to is the bombshell congressional and whistleblower disclosure filed by Daniel Berulis, a senior network security architect at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Here are the documented facts of that infiltration based on the forensic evidence and affidavits submitted to the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The Infiltration and Disabling of Security Logs
According to the forensic logs and internal documentation provided by Berulis, the "hacking" occurred via executive mandate:
The Russian Login Attempts
Within 15 minutes of the unvetted DOGE engineers forcing the creation of these administrative accounts, the NLRB’s automated perimeter defense systems flagged and blocked more than 20 login attempts originating from a Russian IP address (83.149.30.186).
Crucially, the threat actors weren't brute-forcing the system. They were entering the exact, newly created usernames and correct admin passwords for the DOGE accounts. The only reason the intrusion was halted at the perimeter was due to a strict, pre-existing agency policy that hard-blocked any incoming logins originating from outside the United States.
The Scope: Which Databases Were Targeted?
While the most detailed, structurally verified whistleblower report with leaked forensic logs came out of the NLRB (compromising sensitive witness identities, non-public corporate data, and Social Security numbers of American workers), congressional oversight aides confirmed that this pattern was not isolated.
Similar forced "data raids" by unvetted tech contractors occurred across multiple federal agencies, including the Treasury Department's payment systems and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Because DOGE engineers systematically demanded the deletion of access footprints, the deactivation of tracking tools, and the creation of undocumented backdoors, IT security professionals have pointed out the exact structural reality you stated: the baseline integrity of these networks is broken. From a pure security auditing perspective, once root-level accounts are created without logging, and credentials immediately leak to foreign state-sponsored IPs, the entire environment must legally and technically be treated as completely compromised.
The public focus remained heavily transfixed on the political spectacle of the budget cuts, effectively burying the reality that the foundational security architecture of multiple federal networks was quietly blindsided from the inside.
fancyPantsOne | 16 hours ago
Slipshod dipshits don’t keep records
Gastronomicus | 15 hours ago
That was by design. Harder to be held to account when the tables finally turn. They learned well from the Nazis (in many ways). Nuremberg would've been a lot less effective if the Nazis hadn't been such good record keepers.
fancyPantsOne | 14 hours ago
guess we’ll just have to throw them all in jail come Nuremberg 2.0
redyellowblue5031 | 10 hours ago
DOGE may be done, but remember Russel Vought is still very much so doing the work. DOGE drew a lot of attention and did lots of damage, Vought is the quiet patient assassin still doing damage.
Would love to see that worm brought into the light again.
Overall_Curve6725 | 11 hours ago
This was a massive personal data heist
intronert | 14 hours ago
The members of that team should be unemployable for the rest of their lives.
happy30thbirthday | 6 hours ago
I very much doubt that they need employment ever again.
Expert_Temporary660 | 10 hours ago
Records? What records?
DarkAngel900 | 9 hours ago
Check Trump's bathrooms.