Elon's coders are creating a backdoor into the US Treasury. This is incredibly dangerous both because of its intended us

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Elon's coders are creating a backdoor into the US Treasury. This is incredibly dangerous both because of its intended use (by Elon and Trump) and the risk of other actors exploiting a major security vulnerability to cause a massive disruption to the US government.

This is a backdoor. Elon's coders are creating a backdoor into the US Treasury. This is incredibly dangerous both because of its intended use (by Elon and Trump) and the risk of other actors exploiting a major security vulnerability to cause a massive disruption to the US government.

— Corey Rayburn Yung (@coreyryung.bsky.social) 2025-02-04T17:43:15.057Z

Pushing live production code cooked up by some young coders over a week of sleepness nights in place of a legacy system that is fundamental to the operation of the US government is against every programming best practice.

Josh Marshall:
New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-cronies-dive-into-treasury-dept-payments-code-base

Corey:
There's clearly no QA process, live testing with mocks, technical support for bugs, etc. This is insane. It's the coding equivalent of hammering a complex, fragile machine until it does what you want.

Corey:
This is a backdoor. Elon's coders are creating a backdoor into the US Treasury. This is incredibly dangerous both because of its intended use (by Elon and Trump) and the risk of other actors exploiting a major security vulnerability to cause a massive disruption to the US government.

Kait:
There is no scenario under which these events are rational and legal. This is a terrorist attack on the US by Elon Musk. These people should be arrested on sight and never let out.

Joe Gordon:
What? This isn’t terrorism. It’s way worse. It’s a sabotage attack and coup. He’s not doing it to send a message. He is trying to take us down.

[dalton99a]

1. It is utterly naive to believe that Musk had read-only access or he didn't copy the info

[hlthe2b]

3. ...or that his henchmen won't CHANGE data to frame political opponents.

No one can trust that they will NOT.

[FakeNoose]

21. How do we know whether his coders are honest people?

We don't even know who's doing this or whether they've ever had a background check by the FBI.
For that matter has Musk ever had a background check?

This is absolute lunacy.

[EarthAbides]

2. Nobody is going to arrest Musk

I heard yesterday on MSNBC that the DOJ has ordered the FBI to arrest anyone that gets in Musk's way.

[yellow dahlia]

33. I heard this also, from more than one source.

We are in upside down world, and on a tilt a whirl at the same time.

My anger doesn't come through in my replies.

[Dem4life1234]

36. This DOJ should have arrested orange creeper's ass when it was under a Dem leader!

[ProfessorPlum]

4. and when our money is sent to, gee, I don't know, maybe Putin's coffers

how will we get it back?

I knew the country was done when the GOP had the SC, congress, and the presidency, but I didn't expect that fucking moron Musk to deliver the death blow in less than two weeks.

[Arazi]

5. Worse, they'll turn the $$ on and off to extort compliance

From Dem governors, mayors, businesses etc

[Dem4life1234]

37. Assholes are moving faster than I thought

They sure do move quick.

[FirstLight]

6. So, is now NOT a good time to apply for disability...? Or cheat on my taxes...?

I'm not being flippant, but both of these things come to mind... You can't be on SDI or anything because that not only cute your income but marks you as a "dei" person. And I'm guessing they can rewrite the tax code to find a glitch anywhere they feel like it , enough to send you to the gulag...

[Baron2024]

7. Stopping Musk

Musk and DOGE seizing the Treasury payment system is illegal and unconstitutional. It is a long shot, but perhaps Federal law enforcement could retake control of the Treasury payment system from Musk and his DOGE Agents.

If a Judge rules again that freezing federal money is unconstitutional then the FBI and other Federal law enforcement agencies would have a legal basis for retaking the Treasury payment system. They must be loyal to their oaths to defend the Constitution, not to any illegal orders to support an unconstitutional action by Musk. Hopefully these Federal Agents would be loyal to their oaths to defend the Constitution and not to those who are in violation of the Constitution.

The Federal Agents could restore control of the payment system to the civil service, who could then lawfully restart the federal payments. If Musk and DOGE stop the federal payments (no Social Security payments, no paychecks to federal employees, etc.) and this was ruled unconstitutional by another Judge then the FBI and other federal law enforcement would be able to legally seize the payment system back from DOGE. The loyalties of Federal Agents must be to the Constitution, not to Dictators who are flagrantly violating the Constitution.

[dickthegrouch]

10. Many financial crimes are investigated by the Secret Service

Especially ones against the treasury.

Do we trust them?

[yankee87]

14. Joking?

The entire federal system is musk’s private army

[usaf-vet]

8. YOU THINK!!

[cer7711]

9. The Plan is to Crash the System! Then Claim: "Sorry; can't sort it out. The data is unrecoverable."

You are watching the destruction of our government in real time.
Where are the people in the streets?!

Can you imagine this happening in France? Greece? Korea?

Learned helplessness has turned the American sheeple into lambs led to the slaughter . . .

George Carlin was a prophet.

[OMGWTF]

20. They will steal all of the money

And replace it with a crypto currency model.

[Dem4life1234]

38. What gets me

You had goons running on up to the C@pit0l for his orange dumbass just for losing an election, but nothing with these people?

Fucking disappointment. Ass backwards nation.

[cmos_sue]

11. These must be the "high IQ revolutionaires" Musk asked to work for no pay.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are asking Americans who are “high-IQ small-government revolutionaries” and willing to work over 80 hours a week to join their new Department of Government Efficiency – at zero pay. (Nov 2024)

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/14/elon-musk-trump

[MLWR]

12. Since arresting him is a waste of time,

because trump will just pardon the sonuvabitch, I suggest long lines of class action lawsuits with huge damages attached. He can't get out of civil suits.

[Initech]

13. Where is the James Bond hero we need to save us from this psychopath?

[yankee87]

15. In the future

Let’s say we get though this shit show. I hope those who broke into the system are thrown in prison for espionage.

[Evolve Dammit]

16. Biden should have used Seal Team 6. Official business

[2naSalit]

17. IT'S TREASON!!

There shouldn't be any questions at this point.

[sakabatou]

18. Someone put out a warrant for Musk and his goons' arrests!

[ancianita]

23. Who in the felon's government would that be?

[sakabatou]

24. To call out to?

Your question is to vague.

[ancianita]

25. What agency(ies) or person(s) in government have the legal authority to obtain and serve a warrant?

If you know what a warrant is, that's not vague.

[sakabatou]

29. A judge, obviously (local or federal, not sure which).

Also, don't insult me. It's rather demeaning.

"Who in the felon's government would that be?"

That is a vague question. It's too wide a scope (for me). The investigation would fall under the FBI, but that'd either take to long, or would be fucked up due to corruption/purges, or both.

[Gaugamela]

19. For some reason the desired back-channel server to Putin, and all the stolen docs at MAL

come to mind. Has TSF done or talked about doing anything that doesn’t benefit Putin so far?

[ancianita]

22. I'm guessing the backdoors will allow Elon to upload everything to Starlink. Kept to be

sold to the highest nation state bidder. Of course he doesn't need or want the money, though he wouldn't mind being a trillionaire. What that nation state will have to give up are its codes in return for anything he's stolen from the United States of America.

[calguy]

26. Two weeks ago, this would have been espionage.

Now it's being perpetuated by a “Special Government Employee”.

[John1956PA]

27. When Putin invaded Ukraine, he called it a "special military operation." n/t

[ancianita]

30. It still is. When you steal classified information about USAID and payment systems from the U.S. Treasury, what

else could it be called.

[MrWowWow]

28. Arrest eLOONazi Now!

And detain he and his code monkeys. The entire U.S. Treasury accounts payable system now needs to be deloused. The master code is hopefully, somewhere safe. It can replace the spaghetti code that eLOONazi and his code monkeys have been cooking up. Purge the eLOONazi code from the system. Firewall the original master code. Encrypt it if need be. We can't go through this ever again.

[ancianita]

31. Who in the federal government is authorized to make arrests? And how are they authorized?

You think Elon isnn't protected by a big, armed security detail?

[NBachers]

32. It's too late for legal solutions.

[EarthAbides]

35. True...

The sledgehammer has already smashed everything.

[yellow dahlia]

34. It all still seems like it is not possible.

[Blue Owl]

39. People need to get with the program and realize what's happening

The fucking M$M sure as hell isn't going to be useful -- fuck, they'll provide cover for this hostile takeover....