emptywheel
Reupping from when you were all sleeping off Super Bowl. In DC, Treasury told Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Tom Krause and DOGE boy Marko Elez had read-only access to Treasury's systems. Now they confess that Elez had a copy of source code he had sandboxed. DOJ cites that to Tom Krause's declaration.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3lhszvf5vtk2a
emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social)

A footnote in last night's filing from DOJ confesses that DOGE boy Marko Elez was playing with a copy of Treasury data in a sandbox, which it cites to Tom Krause's declaration. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636609/gov.uscourts.nysd.636609.12.0.pdf

Bluesky Social
Feb 10, 2025 at 2:56pmWeb
Show threademptywheelFeb 10, 2025
Only, that confession is not in Krause's declaration. Krause simply says he has no reason to believe that Elez has retained a copy (he also implies he hasn't been rehired to DOGE, which conflicts with what Elon says). bsky.app/profile/empt...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3lhszy3pis22a
emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social)

But the bit about the sandboxed copy doesn't appear in the ¶ of Krause's declaration where DOJ says it should. Just this discrepancy will give lawyers further grounds to make cybersecurity (and hacking) claims about DOGE. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636609/gov.uscourts.nysd.636609.13.0.pdf

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Show thread10tothe22Feb 10, 2025
@emptywheel.bsky.social WTF
Show threadsandywb14Feb 10, 2025
@emptywheel.bsky.social 😡Always lies.
Show threadLt.Cpl Хуёвый ПчеловодFeb 10, 2025

@emptywheel.bsky.social

Terminology matters.

"Sandbox" environment is likely a dev environment within existing IT infrastructure at Treasury. If that's the case then it's a nothing-burger because that's how SDLC works.

On the other hand, if "sandbox" environment is running on an endpoint device (laptop) then it's a massive breach of protocols.

Show threadSteve HerseyFeb 10, 2025
@emptywheel.bsky.social
Pissing off the judge; what a very Trump move.
Here's hoping that FA gets a towering wallop of FO real soon.
Show threadNicole ParsonsFeb 11, 2025

@emptywheel.bsky.social
@GottaLaff

Has Tom Krause's dispute with AT&T not been seen as a conflict of interest?

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/01/att_broadcom_filings_update/

https://www.ciodive.com/news/broadcom-att-vmware-settlement-licensing-support-lawsuit/733763/

https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2025/krause-keeps-citrix-parent-ceo-role-amid-work-with-treasury-musk-s-doge

AT&T claims VMware by Broadcom offered it a 1,050 percent price rise

And that Broadcom has prevented vendors from selling to the telco giant

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