The Curious Case of the Open DOGE: Exposing Security Flaws in a Government-Affiliated Website
Doge.gov, linked to Elon Musk's DOGE, has a major security flaw allowing unauthorized edits, raising concerns about data security.
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The Curious Case of the Open DOGE: Exposing Security Flaws in a Government-Affiliated Website
The digital landscape is a battlefield, and in the war for data security, even government-affiliated websites aren't immune to attack. A recent, and frankly alarming, discovery has exposed a significant security flaw on doge.gov, a website associated with the DOGE organization. This organization, championed by Elon Musk, has been entrusted with the monumental task of streamlining and potentially overhauling aspects of the US federal government's financial systems. The fact that their associated website is riddled with a vulnerability that allows for unauthorized edits is, to put it mildly, deeply concerning. Jess Weatherbed, writing for The Verge, initially brought this issue to light, highlighting the potential ramifications of such a lapse in security. The revelation that doge.gov is pulling data from an easily accessible and editable database has sent ripples throughout the cybersecurity community and beyond. Two web development experts, whose identities remain undisclos…
