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ICM<p>Did you catch yesterday's live stream of imaging DECtapes? You can read about the results and access the images here:</p><p><a href="https://icm.museum/blog/?p=241" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">icm.museum/blog/?p=241</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Like what we're doing? Please consider joining us today!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archiving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/imaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imaging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/tape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/recovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recovery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restoration</span></a></p>
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AYFKM?!!?

#DOGE assigned to work at agency where it illegally removed data

The ad hoc Department of Govt Efficiency team is assigning 2 staffers to work at the independent agency where a #whistleblower alleged Tues DOGE may have already removed sensitive #labor #data from its systems.

Just 1 day after #NPR reported on the disclosure filed by whistleblower Daniel #Berulis, DOGE reps visited NLRB’s office in DC for a meeting.

#law #NationalSecurity #InfoSec #Trump #Musk
npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-53668

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Beluris came to that conclusion…after he saw a traffic spike in DNS requests parallel to the #data being exfiltrated, a spike 1,000 times the normal number of requests.

When someone uses this technique, they set up a domain name that pings the target system w/questions or queries. But they configure the compromised server so that it answers those DNS queries by sending out packets of data, allowing the attacker to steal info that has been broken down into smaller chunks.

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While investigating the #data taken from #NLRB, Berulis tried to determine its ultimate destination. But whoever had exfiltrated it had disguised its destination too….

#DOGE staffers had permission to access the system, but removing data is another matter.

Berulis says someone appeared to be doing something called DNS tunneling to prevent the data exfiltration from being detected.

#criminal#law#Trump
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Berulis noticed 5 PowerShell downloads…, a task automation program that would allow engineers to run automated commands. There were several code libraries that got his attention—tools that appeared to be designed to automate & mask #data exfiltration. There was a tool to generate a seemingly endless number of IP addresses called "requests-ip-rotator," & a commonly used automation tool for web developers called "browserless" — both repositories starred or favorited by Wick, the #DOGE engineer….

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In fact, when they looked into the spike, they found that logs that were used to monitor outbound traffic from the system were absent. Some actions taken on the network, including #data exfiltration, had no attribution—except to a "deleted account," he continued. "Nobody knows who deleted the logs or how they could have gone missing," Berulis said.

#criminal#law#Trump
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For #cybersecurity experts, that spike in #data leaving the system is a key indicator of a #breach, Berulis explained.

When Berulis asked his IT colleagues whether they knew why the data was exfiltrated or whether anyone else had been using containers to run code on the system in recent weeks, no one knew anything about it or the other unusual activities on the network….

#criminal#law#Trump
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Regardless, that kind of spike is extremely unusual, …because #data almost never directly leaves from the #NLRB's databases. In his disclosure, Berulis shared a screenshot tracking data entering and exiting the system, & there's only one noticeable spike of data going out. He also confirmed that no one at the NLRB had been saving backup files that week or migrating data for any projects.

#criminal#law#Trump
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From what he could see, the #data leaving, almost all text files, added up to around 10GB…. It's a sizable chunk of the total data in the #NLRB sys, though the agency itself hosts over 10TB in historical data. It's unclear which files were copied & removed or whether they were consolidated & compressed, which could mean even more data was exfiltrated. It's also possible that #DOGE ran queries looking for specific files…& took only what it was looking for….

#criminal#law#Trump
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On its own, that wouldn't be suspicious, though it did allow the engineers to work invisibly & left no trace of its activities once it was removed.

Then, Berulis started tracking sensitive #data leaving the places it's meant to live…. First, he saw a chunk of data exiting the NxGen case management system's "nucleus," inside the #NLRB system, Berulis explained. Then, he saw a large spike in outbound traffic leaving the network itself.

#criminal#law#Trump