Federal Workers Sue to Disconnect DOGE Server
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Two federal workers, citing reports that Elon Musk’s associates are operating an illegally connected email server at OPM, seek a restraining order.

Summary

Federal employees have filed a class action lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order to disconnect a server allegedly installed illegally at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) by associates of Elon Musk.

The lawsuit claims the server, connected without required privacy assessments, risks exposing government employees’ data.

The server is linked to the Trump administration’s plan to downsize the federal workforce.

If the motion is granted, the administration’s “deferred resignation program” could be delayed.

  • pivot_root@lemmy.world
    33·
    22 hours ago

    If you’re going to get fired anyway, you might as well throw it off the roof. A bit more effective of a delay than the 30 seconds it would take for someone to plug the power cable back in.

      • pivot_root@lemmy.world
        16·
        19 hours ago

        Nothing. Destroying it just wastes more of their time comparatively.

        And it probably destroys Elmo’s precious data as a bonus. Something this haphazard efficiently installed wouldn’t have a well-tested backup procedure, let alone a backup policy to begin with.

        • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          18·
          20 hours ago

          Not usually. Could rip off the onboard speaker and snip off all the fan headers though, that’ll take a while to figure out.

          Edit; or a syringe of liquid metal sprayed in all over the board through a vent. Not hard to sabotage a computer physically tbh