US Fed Whistleblower Claims DOGE Came In, Russia Not Far Behind
A whistleblower complaint says that billionaire Elon Musk's team of technologists may have been responsible for a "significant cybersecurity breach," likely of sensitive case files.
Never mind, it is time for uproar again.
A US federal whistleblower has just dropped one of the most shocking cybersecurity disclosures that has sent the entire community reeling.
In a nutshell, the whistleblower claims DOGE swept in, data went out and suddenly login attempts using DOGE credentials were coming from Russian sources.
Totally not normal behaviour at all.
And highly concerning.
Daniel Berulis, a senior Dev Sec Ops architect at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had TS/SCI clearance just made a full disclosure to Congress over the Department of Government Efficiency's actions.
Guys, the full extent of access these guys came in and demanded is wild.
DOGE demanded root access. They were given “tenant owner” privileges in Azure, which means full control over the NLRB’s cloud. Not even the CIO has that level of access privilege.
What absolute insanity.
They disabled the logs.
They ordered security protocols be bypassed.
Even turned off MFA (multi-factor authentication).
They disabled tools like network watcher to ensure their actions were not logged.
Over 10GB of data was exfiltrated.
I’d recommend following Matt Johansen on X (Twitter) for an even more in depth technical breakdown of the astounding actions they took, but the smoking gun you are all waiting for…
New accounts were created for DOGErs.
And 15 minutes later attackers in Russia were using those brand new credentials.
The same correct, brand new, user names and passwords that had just been created for the DOGE accounts.
How do this happen you ask?
Russia has compromised a DOGE device
Treason?
Guys, this is NOT the news I signed up to cover when I decided I wanted the general public to be more up to date with advancing tech.
Someone is also attempting to play an intimidation game with Berulis, taping a drone surveillance image taken of Berulis without his knowledge to his front door. Yes they also completed the stereotype by adding a threatening note.
I’ll keep an eye on this.
America… bruh.
Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/whistleblower-org-says-doge-may-have-caused-significant-cyber-breach-us-labor-2025-04-15/
https://x.com/mattjay/status/1913023007263543565