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DOGE Launches Website That Is Immediately Defaced by Hackers Due to Poor Security

The website of the Department of Government Efficiency , led by Elon Musk, can be edited by anyone, according to a report from 404Media.
Two coders discovered a flaw in the DOGE website setup, allowing outside editing according to 404Media's report.
Concerns have arisen regarding DOGE's competence, particularly as they seek access to sensitive U.S. Treasury records.
Federal workers are troubled by DOGE's previous actions in accessing and sharing sensitive government information.

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The Independent

DOGE’s hastily-launched site has already been hacked: ‘This is a joke of a .gov site’

DOGE’S website launch got off to a rocky start after two pages on the site were defaced

7 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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WLTReport

New DOGE Website Hacked Just Days After Its Launch

Despite its overwhelmingly popular mission of rooting out waste and fraud within the federal government, the Department of Government Efficiency has drawn sharp criticism from big-government leftists who demand that unaccountable bureaucrats continue receiving blank checks backed by unlimited taxpayer dollars. ‘ABSURD’: Former Arkansas Gov @GovMikeHuckabee joined @EveningEdit and defended DOGE, saying Democrats are demanding “bigger government,…

7 days ago

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Techdirt

DOGE’s ‘Genius’ Coders Launch Website So Full Of Holes, Anyone Can Write To It

If you want to write something on the U.S. government's official DOGE website, apparently you can just… do that. Not in the usual way of submitting comments through a form, mind you, but by directly injecting content into their database. This seems suboptimal. The story here is that DOGE — Elon Musk's collection of supposed…

8 days ago

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Fortune

Elon Musk's DOGE launched its website. It was hacked within days

Database issues make it accessible by outsiders.

8 days ago·New York, United States

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Ars Technica

DOGE’s .gov site lampooned as coders quickly realize it can be edited by anyone

DOGE site is apparently not running on government servers.

8 days ago·United States

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Engadget

The DOGE website is seemingly so insecure it can be edited by anyone

Researchers say a database that populates the Department of Government Efficiency website can be modified by anyone who knows where to look, making it easy to deface the site.

8 days ago·United States

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