Summary

Trump’s transition team is relying on private email servers, raising security concerns among federal officials who fear potential hacking and misuse of sensitive information.

The White House has instructed agencies to limit electronic sharing and instead offer in-person briefings or reading room access for sensitive materials.

Federal employees are wary of transmitting classified or personnel data to unsecured servers, with some requiring transition officials to verify compliance with security standards.

The reliance on private emails is slowing the transfer of government materials ahead of Trump’s inauguration.

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    9 hours ago

    I looked up the MX records and they’re using the non-government version of Office365. The big difference between the gov and non-gov versions is that the former is staffed with only US citizens, whereas the latter is mostly poorly paid foreign nationals who I’m sure would love a big payday from China, Russia or Iran.

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        There’s some monero bounty sites for campaigns like this

        But honeslty I dont think you need to pay. Its already happening, I’m sure. The FBI recently said so when they made a public statement telling everyone to use encrypted messaging because of the increased ongoing attacks on US communication companies, especially targeting DC

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    12 hours ago

    Trumps little fascist circle is gonna get breached. I promise.

    There’s no fucking way their team is competent enough to manage their own security. It’s likely that a lot of their data is already getting scraped by corporations.

    Nation state actors will have several of their devices compromised before he’s even in office.

    Any APT worth their salt will see them as a valuable target. I can’t wait for this shit to splatter all over them.

    Too bad we probably wont hear about it for many years if whoever gets in is talented.

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      You realize he already was, right? A security researcher in the NL breached Trumps’ Twitter. Twice.

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      10 hours ago

      This already happened during his first administration. His family was using private e-mail and all of them were using unsecured devices. The news covered it and conservatives covered their ears.

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        You make it sound like they are ignorant when they are instead hiding evidence of corruption from government servers.

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      You really think he wants China and Russia and North Korea and Israel to steal his communications? I dont see why.

      No, I think this is just stupidity

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        You really think he wants China and Russia and North Korea and Israel to steal his communications? I don’t see why.

        I’m sure that MBS gave Jared Kushner $2 billion against the wishes of his own government for absolutely no reason at all.

        I’m also sure that Ivanka Trump receiving over a dozen huge patents in China mere days after Trump saved ZTE was also just a huge coincidence.

        Trump storing dozens of boxes of classified information in a golf course bathroom was just a clerical error and Trump’s top priority was national security. The fact that foreign nationals who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for membership to the club were all over the place like it was a Walmart on Black Friday was just Trump’s way of showing how secure those documents were, since nobody looked in that particular bathroom at all!

        And of course, I’m sure Trump has given an explanation why he had been holding meetings with foreign nationals where no US representatives or note takers were allowed to join him since pretty much the start of his first term.

        Trump can be bought. Cheap. And he has been showing since 2017 that US national security is absolutely up for grabs.

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    Ok, it has to be said…

    But his emails…

    I will bet all the money that these servers are either controlled by Russian sources or are somehow connected to them. If there is no internet traffic between those servers and Russia, I will eat Putin’s shoe.

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      13 hours ago

      I would not want to be the poor intern handling his emails.

      I bet he responds to all the “Cherry is looking for a hot date in your area” with mushroom pics.

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    11 hours ago

    (reading title) Wait, Trump’s trans? Do I need to use new pronouns? Is it really going to be “but her emails” again but for Donna Trump?

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      10 hours ago

      You need to retrieve the Sports Almanac from Mar-a-Lago, then find the Doc

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    Making sure there’s no traceable evidence of any of the nightmares they’re cooking up. But that’ll never happen anyway, fucker’s going to get away with it all. But I’m sure Vlad’s guys hooked him up nicely, perhaps as a welcome back gesture.