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Submission + - DOGE software engineer's computer infected by info-stealing malware (arstechnica.com)

gkelley writes: Login credentials belonging to an employee at both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Government Efficiency have appeared in multiple public leaks from info-stealer malware, a strong indication that devices belonging to him have been hacked in recent years.

Kyle Schutt is a 30-something-year-old software engineer who, according to Dropsite News, gained access in February to a “core financial management system” belonging to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. As an employee of DOGE, Schutt accessed FEMA’s proprietary software for managing both disaster and non-disaster funding grants. Under his role at CISA, he likely is privy to sensitive information regarding the security of civilian federal government networks and critical infrastructure throughout the US.

Comment Returning education to the states is a lie (Score 4, Insightful) 491

States/counties/towns/cities already control education in their districts, not the Feds. The Ed department only manages funds for certain mandated (by Congress) programs and makes sure that schools were following the laws passed by Congress. This will most certainly affect red states more than blue states (loss of funds for special needs students and other programs that help low income students). I feel sorry for all the children that will be negatively affected by this decision.

Comment Re:Could he be retried for one of the hit attempts (Score 1) 339

I don't believe that the president can pardon state convictions, only federal convictions. If the state of NY wanted to convict him on state changes, Trump could not pardon him. "A U.S. president has broad but not unlimited powers to pardon. For example, a president cannot pardon someone for a state crime. And constitutional experts are divided on whether a president can pardon him- or herself." https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanbar.org%2Fad...

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