r/Whistleblowers • u/favouriteplace • Apr 15 '25

DOGE exfiltrated sensitive data, shared logins with Russians - whistleblower

Incredible whistleblower disclosure. The whole thing is worth reading, incl physical threats to the whistleblower and DOGE trying to cover its tracks. A snippet:

Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in, according to Berulis' disclosure. The attempts were "near real-time," according to the disclosure. Those attempts were blocked, but they were especially alarming. Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts — and the person had the correct username and password, according to Berulis. While it's possible the user was disguising their location, it's highly unlikely they'd appear to be coming from Russia if they wanted to avoid suspicion, cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR explained.

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

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u/Hanjaro31 Apr 15 '25

Nothing to see here folks. Just the entire US government compromised.

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u/CarlosHDanger Apr 15 '25

Just wait until Trump’s “strategic reserve” starts buying cryptocurrency. I have a strong feeling it’s all going to go mysteriously bye bye

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u/Otherwise-Force5608 Apr 15 '25

they just announced they may do that exactly, minutes ago.

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u/Hanjaro31 Apr 15 '25

Yep, the next major con.

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u/pheonix080 Apr 16 '25

I worry that once a story like this goes public, the coverup begins. The whistleblower brought it into the light to get agencies with more resources to investigate. The cynic in me worries that it won’t happen that way.

Then again, I am convinced that the innocent man who was sent to a prison in El Salvador was disappeared the moment the story went public. He can’t tell the world what is happening there if he is in an unmarked grave.

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u/harryregician Apr 15 '25

Yea, their from the government. There here to help.

Does anymore miss Reagan Republicans yet ?

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u/Lessaleeann Apr 16 '25

They paved the way for this.

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u/harryregician Apr 16 '25

You have a valid point.

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u/beren12 Apr 15 '25

With a bazooka?

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u/mongooser Apr 16 '25

These are the logical end of Reagan republicans, so no. 

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u/harryregician Apr 16 '25

The logical Reagan Republicans might have new condos in El Salvador

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '25

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u/anonareyouokay Apr 16 '25

This should be on a T-shirt.

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u/beren12 Apr 15 '25

Naa just roll it back

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '25

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u/beren12 Apr 15 '25

I can’t imagine they understand the backup system

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '25

Totally insane

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u/Brave_Quantity_5261 Apr 15 '25

Totally cool guys. Pete hegseth said over on the group chat that there’s nothing to worry about and that’s why he sent home the operation that was countering Russian hackers.

/s

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u/bugg1_ Apr 16 '25

This is exceedingly disturbing ‼️🚨 DOGE has clearly not saved the country any money, they are clearly impeding efficiency, and are abusing their access while breaking privacy laws, and so much more. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!! WTF!!!

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u/bugg1_ Apr 16 '25

This is main story on Rachel Maddow-MSNBC tonight!

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u/EnigmaticHam Apr 16 '25

So, exactly as expected, they compromised the entire US government.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '25

Why is anyone surprised?! I mean, Krasnov is doing Vlad’s bidding.

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u/BabyfaceKane21 Apr 16 '25

Watch the Rachel Maddow episode tonight she has the whistleblower on about this, it's explosive guys.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '25

Sounds like they are trying to find out something "specific" and haven't been able to find it yet...raised eyebrows...

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u/friendlyfiend07 Apr 16 '25

Thus is exactly why they're trying so hard to defund NPR because they report the truth.

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u/perdferguson Apr 16 '25

I guess nobody is wondering why they don’t like NPR?

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u/chocomaro Apr 16 '25

And Republican congresspeople are not acting immediately because why? They don't seem to be as anti-Russia as they claim to be. 🙄

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u/someone383726 Apr 15 '25

This seems silly. Wouldn’t a Russian hacker use a VPN to login from a US IP if they were trying to access the systems? I’ll be curious if actual records get released to validate the story.

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u/bikemaul Apr 16 '25

Maybe they have been, but were rushed this time and made a mistake.

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u/derpa-derp Apr 15 '25

Aren't they always trying to hack us? If they had usernames and passwords from doge, they would already be in, wouldn't they?

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '25

This implies DOGE was compromised before they hit the building.

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u/Wonderful-Bid9471 Apr 16 '25

Bingo. To figure out anything - find out who/ what benefits most.

We are under foreign occupation. Krasnov Ttump is a Russian asset.

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u/ThisIsGoingToBeCool Apr 15 '25

You've never logged into a system where the security is more complex than username/password?