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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

I’m minimally knowledgeable in this.

They plugged in an email server that was so badly configured that it bypassed the federal email/spam filter to deliver spam to anyone, and they expect users to just trust they haven’t similarly fucked up on anti-spoofing measures?

We’re almost certainly going to see screenshots of spoofed emails from that address.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

For context, Musk's goons basically broke into the OPM and installed their own on-site email server by force.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Which is doubly interesting considering how big of a deal Hillary’s private email server scandal was. I can still hear the “buttery males” whataboutisms from when she was running against Trump.

[–] YarHarSuperstar 1 points 3 hours ago

I am preparing to delete my old social media accounts by downloading the data and before I did that I wanted to post this and I wasn't able to. This is what happens

How can I get around this?

[–] keegomatic 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Where is the thread this image is from? Edit: found it https://archive.is/52nbF

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Who tf uses on prem email servers these days? The big players have made them EoL for years. Microsoft 365 has special government editions for a reason.

[–] RizzRustbolt 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Most places don't use them because anyone on site with a minimum amount of access can fuck with them.

WINK

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 hours ago

Don't even have to be on site. Ken K flogged his substack directly to 13k OBM employees from whichever undisclosed location he was in at the time 😄

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago

The same kind of people who are currently plugging unknown hard drives into air gapped governmental agency computers across multiple offices, and according to leaked documents, changing the Government Services Administration to be structured like X (Twitter) against the administrative department's will.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Hello yes this is [email protected] please enter your username and password so we can verify you have not been hacked.

[–] Sterile_Technique 4 points 8 hours ago

Not too far off - an out of the blue request to reply "yes" with no reasoning or information included. No header or signature or point of contact, just a .gov out of nowhere probing for activity.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 hours ago

Amazing.

I'd expect to read this on a computer in a Deus Ex game.

[–] someguy3 21 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Is this elon's fake email address?