Wired magazine is making big US news orgs look stupid and incompetent. Wired understands what's at stake in the Musk-led database/payment systems takeovers -- and it's doing the reporting to tell the public what's going on. Example:

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/

Reuters is also seriously on the case.

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover

Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

WIRED

@dangillmor
I just subscribed to Wired because of this work.
I have a question:
If a Gov employee saw the switch to a non-vetted #DOGE server accessing critical systems, to whom would they report it? #CISA?

Can #infosec people & reporters bring up the #NationalSecurity threat?
#Musk's NON-Federal employees are bringing an IT fiasco. We saw it with the #Medicaid shut down. h/t @emptywheel

I see #SenWyden is on it, who else needs to know to shut down this threat?
https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-demands-answers-following-report-of-musk-personnel-seeking-access-to-highly-sensitive-us-treasury-payments-system

Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance

Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System

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@dangillmor @ernie I agree. I don’t think I’ve ever said this before, but this is as compelling an example as you’re gonna get: they should take the paywall down for these.
@dangillmor Obviously that also will be people without absolutely any security clearance....