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Summary

Trump’s transition team is relying on private email servers, raising security concerns among federal officials who fear potential hacking and misuse of sensitive information.

The White House has instructed agencies to limit electronic sharing and instead offer in-person briefings or reading room access for sensitive materials.

Federal employees are wary of transmitting classified or personnel data to unsecured servers, with some requiring transition officials to verify compliance with security standards.

The reliance on private emails is slowing the transfer of government materials ahead of Trump’s inauguration.

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[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I looked up the MX records and they're using the non-government version of Office365. The big difference between the gov and non-gov versions is that the former is staffed with only US citizens, whereas the latter is mostly poorly paid foreign nationals who I'm sure would love a big payday from China, Russia or Iran.

[–] ramsorge@discuss.online 2 points 1 hour ago

Maybe we should start a fundraiser for this info. Like a bounty.

[–] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 10 points 4 hours ago

This is all done on purpose.

[–] satanmat@lemmy.world 109 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

You see. _her emails _ were a problem. His emails are fine.

See how it works?

[–] recreationalcatheter@lemm.ee 3 points 3 hours ago

Lock him up (for any of his several dozen felonies).

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 47 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The fact that the media ignored that both Bush and the Trump admin conducted all their business over private emails is one of the biggest betrayals

[–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 1 points 19 minutes ago

They didn’t betray us. They never were for us in the first.

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 hours ago

Buttery males

[–] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

2016 ≠ 2024. Sorry.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 21 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

Trumps little fascist circle is gonna get breached. I promise.

There's no fucking way their team is competent enough to manage their own security. It's likely that a lot of their data is already getting scraped by corporations.

Nation state actors will have several of their devices compromised before he's even in office.

Any APT worth their salt will see them as a valuable target. I can't wait for this shit to splatter all over them.

Too bad we probably wont hear about it for many years if whoever gets in is talented.

[–] capital_sniff@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This already happened during his first administration. His family was using private e-mail and all of them were using unsecured devices. The news covered it and conservatives covered their ears.

[–] Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

You make it sound like they are ignorant when they are instead hiding evidence of corruption from government servers.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 hours ago

is it a breach if they were invited in?

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago

(reading title) Wait, Trump's trans? Do I need to use new pronouns? Is it really going to be "but her emails" again but for Donna Trump?

[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 52 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Ok, it has to be said......

But his emails.....

I will bet all the money that these servers are either controlled by Russian sources or are somehow connected to them. If there is no internet traffic between those servers and Russia, I will eat Putin's shoe.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

I would not want to be the poor intern handling his emails.

I bet he responds to all the "Cherry is looking for a hot date in your area" with mushroom pics.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Lock Him Up

Wait... fuck, wrong timeline

😖

Can I hop to the other, less shitty timeline? (So we can actually #LockHimUp)

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 hours ago

You need to retrieve the Sports Almanac from Mar-a-Lago, then find the Doc

[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 hours ago

butter emails!

[–] Hatshepsut@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Making sure there’s no traceable evidence of any of the nightmares they’re cooking up. But that’ll never happen anyway, fucker’s going to get away with it all. But I’m sure Vlad’s guys hooked him up nicely, perhaps as a welcome back gesture.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

emails

Or 'e-mail' in English.

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, boomer English. In all seriousness both are acceptable but "e-mail" has fallen out of fashion.

[–] ramsorge@discuss.online 1 points 1 hour ago

The dash is so 1995