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The doge[.]gov website that was spun up to track Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal government is insecure and pulls from a database that can be edited by anyone, according to two separate people who found the vulnerability and shared it with 404 Media. One coder added at least two database entries that are visible on the live site and say “this is a joke of a .gov site” and “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN -roro.”

Doge[.]gov was hastily deployed after Elon Musk told reporters Tuesday that his Department of Government Efficiency is “trying to be as transparent as possible. In fact, our actions—we post our actions to the DOGE handle on X, and to the DOGE website.” At the time, DOGE was an essentially blank webpage. It was built out further Wednesday and Thursday, and now shows a mirror of the @DOGE X account posts, as well as various stats about the U.S. government’s federal workforce.

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[–] archonet@lemy.lol 85 points 5 days ago (4 children)

hire clowns, expect a circus.

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 24 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 19 points 5 days ago

But Doctor, I am Pagliacci

[–] Tja@programming.dev 7 points 5 days ago

I don't know, it might be nervous laughter, but I can't help to chuckle seeing the shitshow from afar...

[–] chaosCruiser 5 points 5 days ago

Pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 5 points 5 days ago

Hey at lease we can scrape the data too

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

They all float.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 50 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Lol it's still there. The other message is too

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And theyre both still up lol

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Aww it's back to normal now

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

They only fixed the first page. The 'experts' page still eludes them. (Unless my cache isn't clearing correctly for me)

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It may not be clearing. This is what I get

I could br missing a click somewhere

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

It's probably on my end.
I hope they got frustrated with those trolls

[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 45 points 5 days ago

It was built by a dude that is 19 and goes by BigBalls, and has a broccoli hair cut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WwJ6OVSwkM

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Anonymous could do something absolutely hilarious right now

[–] chaosCruiser 7 points 5 days ago

This is already top comedy. How much funnier can it get?

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

Is anonymous still a thing?

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 days ago

"An official website of the United States government"

That's how you know it's quality.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

What? How did Big Balls let this happen?

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 14 points 5 days ago

Oh no, we should tell them! Someone get Big Balls on the horn, stat!

[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

They should just start linking all the agencies musk is cutting and why they were investigating him

[–] chaotic_altruist@lemm.ee 5 points 5 days ago

No, their version of "transparency" is just vague reports, distractions, and a bunch of circle jerk support

[–] elvith@feddit.org 10 points 5 days ago

It'd be a shame if all the data that got scrubbed from other government sites resurfaces on the doge site

[–] amon@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

On the next episode of Elon and the Incels...

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I say that the DB could use some "scrubbing" with how dirty all these entries look.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 5 days ago

Maybe it's intentional.