DOGE to Fired CISA Staff: Email Us Your Personal Data
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Summary
An email requesting recently fired staff at the US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to reapply for their jobs and includung their Social Security number or date of birth sent as a password-protected attachment tucked away in plain text gave access to identities to anyone who had intercepted the mail.
The Trump administration continues to take risks with security, recently ignoring a court order to reinstate 130 workers it had previously fired.
Last month, the Trump administration vowed to cut federal budgets, including those of government agencies that had already been hit by the recent firings of staff.
Trump has additionally fired at least 17 inspectors general, leaving the government without critical oversight of agency activities.
This comes as workers in the US are gradually becoming more concerned about their job security after Elon Musk’s ‘Trump 2.0’ has vowed to cut government waste.