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Re:Feds suspect ransom negotiator ran ShinyHunters extortion... by esalman on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @09:23PM (#50174935)
One of the most spectacular pieces of self-own for the current administration. Restructuring/deleting the directorate for biodefense during the previous administration (of the same color) would be up there.
Re:Feds suspect ransom negotiator ran ShinyHunters extortion... by jacquesm on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @09:25PM (#50174941)
I can see quite a few not-so-good reasons why they wanted to weaken the cybersecurity capability of the federal government.
Re:Feds suspect ransom negotiator ran ShinyHunters extortion... by vkou on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @09:42PM (#50175051)
It's not a self-own if they aren't the ones why have to deal with the consequences.

Do you think Donnie loses a microsecond of sleep over this?

Re:Feds suspect ransom negotiator ran ShinyHunters extortion... by esalman on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @10:02PM (#50175170)
Touche. People who voted owned themselves.
Re:Feds suspect ransom negotiator ran ShinyHunters extortion... by qlte on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @01:34AM (#50176461)
...then the next predictable stage in the starve the beast cycle: "Why does CISA even need to exist? When was the last time you heard them do anything useful at all? Might as well shut them down and use a contractor in the private sector who knows how to get shit done and save taxpayer money on pensions."

($400 million no-bid contract goes to Oracle paying 5x as much per person, misses deadline for every key milestone, after one more $200 million extension claims government terms were impossible to meet and never delivers anything useful)

Re:Feds suspect ransom negotiator ran ShinyHunters extortion... by Muromec on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @02:14AM (#50176710)
Corruption is just entropy too