Four young staffers working under Elon Musk gained access to highly sensitive personal data held by a consumer protection agency before shutting it down.White House budget director Russell Vought ordered wider access to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau materials by staffers working for the so-ca...
  • Placebonickname@lemmy.world
    24·
    2 days ago

    Do we as Americans get to know what data was leaked? Or was it just everthing? Should I run a free credit report now or do you think I should wait a couple of weeks?.  lol

  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
    116·
    2 days ago

    Title makes it sound like he gave the info to his buddies who wanted it. No, the people working at DOGE had temporary access for carrying out their assigned work.

    It is very hard to be anti-Elon when you have to fact check and dig into every anti-Elon story. If you just believe the headlines and talk to any skeptical right-winger, you’re gonna look real stupid when Google searches come out