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DOGE official at DOJ bragged about hacking, distributing pirated software. (www.reuters.com)
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[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 2 weeks ago

I did the same shit as a teenager, big fucking whoop. How about we focus on the Nazi part of this asshole.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

While I wholeheartedly agree this is "meh" compared to everything else, this isn't nothing.

If you were to try to get a job with even basic security clearance for a site in the US, and it came up that you were hacking at 19 years old, you would not move forward.

It's a fact-based merit that under normal circumstances would result in termination if it was found to have not been disclosed previously. So pointing it out is still important.

All that being said, disclosure is the key. If it was disclosed, it's a judgment call, and, well...

Also, @Eheran@lemmy.world

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Counter point, how would they possibly know unless you were federally investigated in some way.

[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Absolutely a fair point.

[-] void_turtle 19 points 2 weeks ago

Stop trying to make me like these assholes

[-] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

He sounds like a real asshole

[-] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm sure they will grow out of it, by the time they turn 21

(This is intended as an amusing reference to DOGE's habit of hiring surprisingly young professionals.)

[-] stefenauris@pawb.social 16 points 2 weeks ago

Professionals is a bit of a stretch here lol

[-] PanArab@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago

Stealing from corporations is the only good they done and by chance

[-] cupcakezealot 10 points 2 weeks ago

he was a musk cultist so i bet he was a leecher too.

[-] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

So they're worked up over THAT, of all things?

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Traitor.

[-] peteyestee@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Reminds me of those Mafia people that snitch and start working for the government.

[-] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds to me like he was just fulfilling the prerequisites for his current gig... 🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️

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