{"id":108478,"date":"2025-02-18T07:02:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/18\/elon-musks-doge-cant-even-secure-a-website-let-alone-the-government\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T07:02:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:02:57","slug":"elon-musks-doge-cant-even-secure-a-website-let-alone-the-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/18\/elon-musks-doge-cant-even-secure-a-website-let-alone-the-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s DOGE Can\u2019t Even Secure A Website, Let Alone The Government"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elon Musk and his supposedly 10x tech bro minions posture themselves as hardcore programming geniuses swooping in to save the budget. As it happens, these dipshits can\u2019t build a functional website. <\/p>\n

According to reporting from 404 Media, the official-looking DOGE.gov<\/a> website \u2014 the ostensible government website that\u2019s really an X passthrough for Musk propaganda \u2014 has been sitting wide open for anyone<\/em> to push updates<\/a>. You can just go over there and make it say whatever you want. Don\u2019t worry, it appears that they\u2019ve got read-write access to the entire federal government. Isn\u2019t it going to be fun when these guys rewrite NORAD so anyone can log in and blast out \u201cDEFCON 1 \u2014 Baba Booey, Baba Booey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you feel safe yet? <\/em><\/p>\n

On its own, this might be funny \u2014 yet another example of the serious, experienced professionals<\/em> at DOGE working so fast and loose that they forgot to lock the front door. The edits people playfully added are mostly innocuous, but let\u2019s not lose sight of the big picture: this is an administration full of unserious trolls pretending they know what they\u2019re doing while making critical, reckless mistakes.<\/p>\n

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Screencap of DOGE.gov via 404 Media<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mindful, demure, etc.<\/p>\n

Do not buy it when the pliant mainstream media characterize Elon Musk\u2019s DOGE shenanigans as some sort of aggressive audit. An audit is a meticulous, professional endeavor that would take months and end with a lengthy report mapping out federal spending with a thorough understanding of the domino effects that any change could trigger. By contrast this is a game of oversized Jenga down at the hipster bar\u2026 except with the foundations of Pax Americana. <\/p>\n

Musk spent the entire week leveling unhinged vitriol against Judge Paul Engelmayer<\/a> for issuing a TRO delaying DOGE for \u2014 checks notes \u2014 LESS THAN A WEEK. They\u2019re frothing at the mouth about impeachment<\/a> and it\u2019s not even a permanent injunction! In the words of Brian Windhorst\u2026<\/p>\n

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Because this is not an audit, it\u2019s a speedrun. Musk and his band of merry tweebs live in a video game world and it shows. Lonely teen nerds running a macabre reverse speed dating service making people interview to not be laid off<\/a> and find Love in the Time of Cholera by bringing cholera back<\/a>. The speedrun mindset is all about getting to the finish line no matter how much violence it does to the game itself. It\u2019s why the speedrun community is rife with people trying to use cheat codes and why Musk keeps trying to warp through the walls of multiple statutes.<\/p>\n

Figuring out a speedrun involves a lot of reckless trial and error. Normally the only consequence is having to hit reset. This time it\u2019s losing America\u2019s status as the global reserve currency. Potato, po-tah-to.<\/p>\n

DOGE\u2019s incompetence is more feature than bug. One of its boy geniuses publicly posted<\/a> about using random, unvetted AI algorithms to convert massive amounts of data raising the specter of a data breach of epic proportions. Then it seems they went ahead and did that with Department of Education data<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cybersecurity should be the hottest tech topic for lawyers in 2025. When I said that a few months ago, the new administration had already committed to starting a trade war with America\u2019s most technologically advanced adversaries while simultaneously threatening to\u00a0ditch the global cyber regime<\/a>,\u00a0slash the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency<\/a>, and put Kristi Noem in at Homeland Security despite being the only governor who turned down FREE cybersecurity money<\/a>. Even I hadn\u2019t contemplated that they\u2019d start futzing with the entire stockpile of confidential government information. It\u2019s only a matter of time before they wander into the DOJ\u2019s systems, jeopardizing ongoing criminal investigations by blasting out a sick meme about Big Puss wearing a wire.<\/p>\n

Enjoy decades of litigation, gang!<\/p>\n

The charitable reading is that these dorks built an easily hacked publicity website because they\u2019re SO BUSY on the important stuff. Perhaps<\/em>. But given that DOGE\u2019s dear leader can\u2019t stop Tweeting out every thought that crosses his addled brain it\u2019s hard to believe this website was a low priority. It\u2019s much more likely that these hardcore<\/a><\/em> coders are either not as preternaturally skilled as they like to posture or that their refusal to take half a second to check their work routinely results in massive cock ups. Or both. <\/p>\n

Either way, it\u2019s not exactly comforting that the people with access to the entire federal government can\u2019t even set up a basic website.<\/p>\n

Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website<\/a> [404 Media]<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Headshot\"Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Elon Musk\u2019s DOGE Can\u2019t Even Secure A Website, Let Alone The Government<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Elon Musk and his supposedly 10x tech bro minions posture themselves as hardcore programming geniuses swooping in to save the budget. As it happens, these dipshits can\u2019t build a functional website. <\/p>\n

According to reporting from 404 Media, the official-looking DOGE.gov<\/a> website \u2014 the ostensible government website that\u2019s really an X passthrough for Musk propaganda \u2014 has been sitting wide open for anyone<\/em> to push updates<\/a>. You can just go over there and make it say whatever you want. Don\u2019t worry, it appears that they\u2019ve got read-write access to the entire federal government. Isn\u2019t it going to be fun when these guys rewrite NORAD so anyone can log in and blast out \u201cDEFCON 1 \u2014 Baba Booey, Baba Booey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you feel safe yet? <\/em><\/p>\n

On its own, this might be funny \u2014 yet another example of the serious, experienced professionals<\/em> at DOGE working so fast and loose that they forgot to lock the front door. The edits people playfully added are mostly innocuous, but let\u2019s not lose sight of the big picture: this is an administration full of unserious trolls pretending they know what they\u2019re doing while making critical, reckless mistakes.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Screencap of DOGE.gov via 404 Media<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mindful, demure, etc.<\/p>\n

Do not buy it when the pliant mainstream media characterize Elon Musk\u2019s DOGE shenanigans as some sort of aggressive audit. An audit is a meticulous, professional endeavor that would take months and end with a lengthy report mapping out federal spending with a thorough understanding of the domino effects that any change could trigger. By contrast this is a game of oversized Jenga down at the hipster bar\u2026 except with the foundations of Pax Americana. <\/p>\n

Musk spent the entire week leveling unhinged vitriol against Judge Paul Engelmayer<\/a> for issuing a TRO delaying DOGE for \u2014 checks notes \u2014 LESS THAN A WEEK. They\u2019re frothing at the mouth about impeachment<\/a> and it\u2019s not even a permanent injunction! In the words of Brian Windhorst\u2026<\/p>\n

\"\"
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Because this is not an audit, it\u2019s a speedrun. Musk and his band of merry tweebs live in a video game world and it shows. Lonely teen nerds running a macabre reverse speed dating service making people interview to not be laid off<\/a> and find Love in the Time of Cholera by bringing cholera back<\/a>. The speedrun mindset is all about getting to the finish line no matter how much violence it does to the game itself. It\u2019s why the speedrun community is rife with people trying to use cheat codes and why Musk keeps trying to warp through the walls of multiple statutes.<\/p>\n

Figuring out a speedrun involves a lot of reckless trial and error. Normally the only consequence is having to hit reset. This time it\u2019s losing America\u2019s status as the global reserve currency. Potato, po-tah-to.<\/p>\n

DOGE\u2019s incompetence is more feature than bug. One of its boy geniuses publicly posted<\/a> about using random, unvetted AI algorithms to convert massive amounts of data raising the specter of a data breach of epic proportions. Then it seems they went ahead and did that with Department of Education data<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cybersecurity should be the hottest tech topic for lawyers in 2025. When I said that a few months ago, the new administration had already committed to starting a trade war with America\u2019s most technologically advanced adversaries while simultaneously threatening to\u00a0ditch the global cyber regime<\/a>,\u00a0slash the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency<\/a>, and put Kristi Noem in at Homeland Security despite being the only governor who turned down FREE cybersecurity money<\/a>. Even I hadn\u2019t contemplated that they\u2019d start futzing with the entire stockpile of confidential government information. It\u2019s only a matter of time before they wander into the DOJ\u2019s systems, jeopardizing ongoing criminal investigations by blasting out a sick meme about Big Puss wearing a wire.<\/p>\n

Enjoy decades of litigation, gang!<\/p>\n

The charitable reading is that these dorks built an easily hacked publicity website because they\u2019re SO BUSY on the important stuff. Perhaps<\/em>. But given that DOGE\u2019s dear leader can\u2019t stop Tweeting out every thought that crosses his addled brain it\u2019s hard to believe this website was a low priority. It\u2019s much more likely that these hardcore<\/a><\/em> coders are either not as preternaturally skilled as they like to posture or that their refusal to take half a second to check their work routinely results in massive cock ups. Or both. <\/p>\n

Either way, it\u2019s not exactly comforting that the people with access to the entire federal government can\u2019t even set up a basic website.<\/p>\n

Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website<\/a> [404 Media]<\/p>\n

\n

\"Headshot\"Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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