• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    The statement follows a report from The Washington Post that officials suspected a foreign actor was behind the attack, risking insight into lawmakers’ communications with nonpartisan staff.

    Threatening to leak sensitive government documents and then blame Chi-ran is a pro gamer move, gotta admit

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      Something tells me that it was some unpatched system that was probably hit. And I bet the patch for it has been available for like 6 years or something.

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        I would guess the unpatched system is some DOGE bullshit. And the hacker is a DOGE employee. And the data is sitting with some Trump goons who think they can use it as leverage against Congressmen negotiating the shutdown agreement.