Jesus, this testimony from Tiffany Flick, who has since resigned from her position at SSA, about what happened when DOGE arrived, is hard to read. But everybody should read it. Because this is the reality of what’s happening.
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The testimony describes many “social engineering” tactics that cyber criminals use to gain access to data systems. Thank you, Ms. Flick for your courage and integrity and for 30 years of faithful service to our nation.
@murray.senate.gov @repemilyrandall.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
Did you read this? Any concrete action? Helloooo….(shouting into the void). Good trouble!!!
Same here. It’s perfectly clear that DOGE isn’t doing what we’ve been told they are doing. One of my US senators bragged in an email to me that he was a “charter member of the DOGE Caucus”. I would never in a million years thought he would engage in espionage, but now I wonder.
If a single month of SSA checks get delayed or deferred, you will see MAGAts out in the streets, pitchforks in hand. Unfortunately, they will not be the only ones suffering.
I read it yesterday and could feel her frustration in my body. My heart goes out to her and every one of you going through the pain of watching your hard work be dismissed and dismantled.
This is so disturbing and it's what I scarily thought was happening. My SS# has been stolen before and my once private data about my identity, my unique SS# history is one way I can prove who I am. I expect all this info is now in the hands of cybercriminals. 🤬 We are all screwed.
Hi, I have info on how to contact Mr. Dudek!
Ph- 410-517-0666
Email- [email protected]
Office- 6201 Security Blvd
Baltimore, MD 21235
You’re welcome. From, a Senior SSA employee
Wow. My husband worked for the federal government for 40 years and the way DOGE is acting is absolutely NOT how things are done. They are a faux agency with virtually no accountability. Why is ANYONE in Congress going along with this?!
It’s wild because working at SSA is strict as hell like fire you on the spot for accessing PII you aren’t entitled to…pains me to see this great agency demolished.
Concur! Also, this needs to be NOT LOST in the frenetic "news" cycles. This is sustained front and center stuff in terms of making clear for anybody who didn't already get it just how serious an attack this is.
I’m curious. Given the extraordinary measures #DOGE, under the direction of #Musk & #Drumpf, took to get access & control of confidential & sensitive systems & data, as quickly as possible, especially for #AkashBobba, as described by #TiffanyFlick, what kind of legal jeopardy are they facing??
If the SSA system is compromised, can I decline having it withheld from my paycheck? I certainly don’t want it to fund billionaires rather than my retirement (or any other hard working American’s retirement!)
I read it, and after marrying an old school computer programmer who knows the old programs (including COBOL) I am not surprised. I called it right away knowing the teenagers were going to brute force in with AI programs.
We need the courts to step in now!
Agree, this was a good read and highlighted the types of “fraud” DOGE thinks exists (as well as the reasons why that fraud isn’t likely).
You can see exactly how Musk plans to go after that 500-700 billion dollars. Spoiler alert: it’s when two people are drawing benefits under one wage earner.
Doge information theft, destruction of government agencies, unlawful access, unconstitutional, why is the world’s richest man cutting benefits for seniors, disabled and low income? For veterans, hud, etc.
They aim to stop SSA by
1. Force depletion
2. Loss of legacy programmers, who cannot be replaced. (COBOL)
3. Systems will crash, those still working won’t be able to access anything.
4. No payments go out.
5. * Information might not be recoverable.
6. Backups might not work on a new system.
yep, it's your basic
1. *throws wrench
2. oh no, it's broken, what a shame
3. conveniently no one that can fix this is available
4. *kicks wrench out of sight* see, I told you government cant do anything right! too bad
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Did you read this? Any concrete action? Helloooo….(shouting into the void). Good trouble!!!
Perhaps we should file a class action lawsuit?
Ph- 410-517-0666
Email- [email protected]
Office- 6201 Security Blvd
Baltimore, MD 21235
You’re welcome. From, a Senior SSA employee
Create a fog of war so we don’t know.
We need a central repository of this at all agencies.
Hateful and horrid.
https://bsky.app/profile/ellenb.bsky.social/post/3lhdmazedok2k
They're making lists of people to round up.
We need the courts to step in now!
One of them was allegedly fired for selling proprietary data from an internship.
They may be taking information on all aspects of the government and feeding it into musks ai system, from all the doge access.
It was close in the house. Many #democrats are undecided.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/tally-3
Russia with trump
China with musk.
Two Manchurian candidates.
Fight the continuing resolution and cuts to benefits.
Cut doge, not the va and SSA, not noaa and the epa, we are leaving democracy and entering a dictatorship.
#DismantleDOGE
#ArrestElon
#ArrestTheMuskrats
You can see exactly how Musk plans to go after that 500-700 billion dollars. Spoiler alert: it’s when two people are drawing benefits under one wage earner.
@eff.org
1. Force depletion
2. Loss of legacy programmers, who cannot be replaced. (COBOL)
3. Systems will crash, those still working won’t be able to access anything.
4. No payments go out.
5. * Information might not be recoverable.
6. Backups might not work on a new system.
1. *throws wrench
2. oh no, it's broken, what a shame
3. conveniently no one that can fix this is available
4. *kicks wrench out of sight* see, I told you government cant do anything right! too bad
Shut down the government, strike, and protest until funding is restored the nation returns to normalcy.
If seniors, disabled and low income, and veterans, are dying in the streets, it’ll be too late.
All so the 1% get a tax cut.
Call and email all reps and caucuses. Committee members, majority and minority members.
Undecided democrats.
We cannot let them cede power to a dictator.
With all that in flux, save all you can, skip luxuries until this passes.
The whole world is boycotting the us, if they cut our retirement we can’t buy goods either.
#surrender-crats