U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub • Hacker News Board

Re: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub

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Post by ceejayoz » Wed, May 20, 2026, 12:36 AM UTC

philipallstar wrote: post #30

ceejayoz wrote: post #17

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/politics/trump-loomer-... > When President Trump abruptly fired the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command on Thursday, it was the latest in a series of moves that have torn away at the country’s cyberdefenses just as they are confronting the most sophisticated and sustained attacks in the nation’s history. > For four years, he nurtured deep resentments about…

I can't imagine how that is connected to dumping API keys in a public repo.

You can't imagine how taking Musk's DOGE chainsaw to the organization and purging non-loyalists caused some long-term damage to the security culture inside it?

Re: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub

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Post by philipallstar » Wed, May 20, 2026, 9:51 AM UTC

ceejayoz wrote: post #31

philipallstar wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't imagine how that is connected to dumping API keys in a public repo.

You can't imagine how taking Musk's DOGE chainsaw to the organization and purging non-loyalists caused some long-term damage to the security culture inside it?

No. I can't imagine a lone developer doing that, let alone a taxpayer-funded group of security experts.

Re: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub

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Post by philipallstar » Wed, May 20, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC

pferde wrote: post #26

tuveson wrote: post #24

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I mean, you can be tired of both the frivolous complaints and also tired of having a moron for a president. I’m tired of people complaining about stuff that is symbolic and unimportant like the ballroom but I’m much more tired of every competent person in government being fired and replaced with alcoholic podcasters.

Getting tired of complaints about trump means what he's doing and who he is is being normalized, bit by bit. Don't get tired, get angrier.

I think people are tired because people were catastrophising things Trump did 10 years ago, and it's like when a microphone clips because the gain is too high. If you were weeping into your Tiktok in 2016 before anything happened, and even while some good things were happening, it's hard to differentiate reality from hysteria.

Re: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub

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Post by ceejayoz » Wed, May 20, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC

philipallstar wrote: post #32

ceejayoz wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't imagine how taking Musk's DOGE chainsaw to the organization and purging non-loyalists caused some long-term damage to the security culture inside it?

No. I can't imagine a lone developer doing that, let alone a taxpayer-funded group of security experts.

Then in this news story we have concrete evidence it’s your imagination that is lacking.