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Elon Musk has fired thousands of US officials. China and Russia want to offer them a new job: spies

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Since Donald Trump put Elon Musk at the head of Doge, the officials have been at his point look. Instead of considering them as public employees who were hired to do a job in the administration, the millionaire first used a derogatory language towards them, for later dismiss them in bad ways. Now, China, Russia, North Korea and other enemies of the US seek to approach these officials dismissed to take advantage of their anger who has fired them to offer them a new job: informant. Fishing in a scrambled river. According to published CBS Newsaround 100,000 federal officials leave their jobs every year, either by retirement, search for new opportunities or changes in their professional career. However, the recent wave of layoffs, marked by indiscriminately dismissed more than 113,361 federal employees, has generated resentment and discontent with the government. Such and as he published CNN citing sources from the CIA, that can become a breeding ground for Russia, China, North Korea or other US adversary countries Take the opportunity to try to recruit to some of those federal employees that had access to sensitive information. “It does not need much imagination to see that these marginalized federal workers with a wealth of institutional knowledge represent amazingly attractive objectives for the intelligence services of our competitors and adversaries,” the American media told the US medium close to the government. LinkedIn: A job bag for spies. Intelligence sources told CNN that both Russia and China are focusing their efforts on those federal ex -employed who had access to confidential information, such as those of the Department of Energy, the Pentagon or the US trade office, whose information could weaken the security and strategies of the country. “This information is extremely valuable, and should not surprise that Russia, China and other organizations – as, for example, criminal organizations – are aggressively recruiting government employees,” said Theresa Payton, former information director of the White House during the presidency of George W. Bush to CBS News. As published CNNAt least two countries have already created recruitment websites and have begun to actively capture federal employees in LinkedIn, two sources indicated. John Schindler, former counterintelligence official, says it is currently very easy to locate these employees “enter LinkedIn, you see someone who ‘before was in the Department of Defense and is now looking for work’ and you think: ‘Bingo’,” said Schindler. Before, Soviet intelligence officers had to wait for a former resentful employee to contact them. Now they are announced on LinkedIn. False employment offers. As CBS News pointed out, one of the simplest ways to approach one of these ex -employed employees is to contact him through LinkedIn and offer them a job interview for false job. In the interview, the agent would discover if he had access to relevant information and could hire him as “consultants” of a cover company and receive a payment for his experience, without even knowing that he is providing information to an enemy. ANDS say, their new company could use them to obtain information discreetly without the former officials being aware of it. Fire with chainsaw. One of the problems of dismissing massively in certain strategic departments, is that they do not adopt mitigation measures. According to experts, the probability that an ex -employed angry will contact a foreign power increases as many federal employees are left without work. According to CNN sources, when an official leaves his job, he undergoes an exit interview designed to avoid the presence of moles or informantsand to remind outgoing employees their duty to preserve secrets and warn them of the security risks they face. However, Doge’s layoffs have not occurred in those terms. The spies are rubbing their hands. According to published The New York Timesthe accelerated rhythm that Elon Musk has imposed on Doge to achieve its cut goals, could have already left exposed to CIA agents and workers. In an effort to comply with the executive order of Donald Trump to reduce the template of officials, the CIA sent an email to the White House with the list of all the new employees who had been in the agency for two years or less, including CIA officers who were preparing to operate undercover, through an unqualified email server. Something that Senator Mark Warner for Virginia, a higher rank member in the Congress Intelligence Committee He described how“A disastrous event for national security.” In Xataka | Elon Musk fired hundreds of employees and now he has to hire them again: they were experts in nuclear weapons Image | Flickr (The White House. Νεα δημοκρατια)

Elon Musk fired 6,000 employees two weeks ago. Now the US faces the massive entry of invasive species

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Elon Musk had several weeks ago that his efficiency department (Doge) has an advantage over the rest: they work 120 hours a week. Incredible that their words are, the facts seem to be proved, because the strenuous working days have led more than an alarming calculation error between mass dismissals and dismantling key programs. Latest: release To so many people that the country’s health controls have weakened. Administrative errors. It Wired counted in a report where he took stock since the creation of the Doge office. In just a few weeks, their actions had included the publication of classified information by accidentthe desperate dismissal and recontraction of Nuclear Safety Expertsor the erroneous inflation of governmental “savings” In 7,992 million dollars. For the medium, the failures They reflect a combination of technological arrogance and absolute ignorance of the government’s functioning, with potentially catastrophic consequences. Risks in food safety. Doge has implemented an unprecedented purge within several government agencies, but few dismissals reflect the climate of chaos such as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) such an excessive scissors that has triggered a Crisis in Food Safety and trade, leaving the country vulnerable to invasive species and the increase in food. The reason? With the elimination of 6,000 jobs in Februarythe USDA lost a significant part of its highly trained personnel, including inspectors, biologists and coaches of detector dogs that protected American agriculture of pest and zoonotic diseases. In fact, Derek Copeland, former National Dog Detection Training Center coach, warned that the reduction Personnel affects the ability to detect threats such as the giant African snail or the Asian beetle of long horns, which could have devastating consequences for local crops and ecosystems. Blow to inspection and biosafety. There are more. The protection and quarantine units have been of the most affectedwith the loss of hundreds of inspectors, which has significantly reduced controls on agricultural imports. According to experts, this lack of personnel has converted inspections into A chaotic and disorganized processespecially in key ports such as Los Angeles and Miami, who have seen 35% reductions in their quarantine staff and up to 60% in their smuggling detection team. This, in turn, has generated delays in merchandise processing, which could translate into a price increase in supermarkets and a massive waste of foods that are spoiled while waiting to be inspected. Impact on economy and commerce. The damage is not limited to agricultural security. Mike Lahar, regulatory affairs manager at the Deringer customs broken National Security. It’s not A trivial theme. A single error in the detection of a plague I could tithe whole cropswhich would affect not only farmers but the entire food supply chain. In addition, the accumulation of containers without inspection is affecting other industrial sectors, as shipments are being stranded, reducing the availability of essential goods and raising costs for consumers and companies. Legal uncertainty. Trump’s government has defended cuts as An efficiency measurebut the repercussions have generated alarm. Republican senators, like Joni Ernst, previously They supported the program Of pest detection with dogs, but they have avoided ruling on the dismissals. Two federal judges have ordered reinstallation Of dismissed employees, but the White House has described these decisions as “absurd and unconstitutional,” leaving thousands of workers in uncertainty. Meanwhile, the USDA has announced a 45 -day break in the dismissals, but without guarantees of rectation for those affected. Collapse in agri -food security. If the crisis persists, experts warn about a possible scenario similar to that of pandemic, with a shortage of certain products and a Food inflation driven by lack of control in the ports. In this regard, Joe Hudicka, veteran of the supply chain industry, anticipates that large cities and supermarkets can better absorb the impact, but rural communities and small businesses will be the most affected. For his part, Kit Johnson, director of Commercial Compliance at John S. James, warns that the reduction of inspections could lead to An agricultural catastrophe If invasive species manage to establish themselves without being detected. Undecatization? Wired counted that experts slide two hypotheses to try to explain the disaster caused by Doge. The first is that the initiative never intended to make the government more efficient, but simply dismantle agencies to pave the path to privatization and obtain access to sensitive government data. Under this logic, the elimination of regulations and administrative chaos would favor the intervention of private companies in key sectors such as defense, agriculture and security. The second hypothesis is that Musk and his team really believe in their mission, but they completely lack the skills to execute it, replicating that arrogance that is presupposed to Silicon Valley by assuming that the ability to build software translates into competition to handle the government apparatus. In other words: Musk can be a genius in certain areas, but his performance as a “de facto CEO” of the government is increasingly close to a failure. Consequences. Thus, the destruction caused by Doge not only affects government efficiency, but can have economic and geopolitical implications In the long term. The purge of thousands of employees has triggered unemployment and generated instability in key sectors, which could have recessive effects on the economy. The decision to dismantle critical areas such as those of the USDA have weakened key plots such as Food security and agricultural protection of the nation at a time when the supply chain already faces challenges such as The aviar flu and the Commercial disputes with China. Meanwhile, as ports begin to feel the effects of the lack of inspections, concern grows between farmers, merchants and consumers. If the situation is not reversed, the country could face an unprecedented agricultural crisis. Image | Gage Skidmore, US Department In Xataka | In his eagerness to attack the public sector, Elon Musk has crossed a line: distorting the story of Hitler and Stalin In Xataka | Elon Musk has revealed the formula of his team’s success. The problem is that they barely have time to sleep and … Read more

A Falcon 9 rocket rented without control over Poland. Poland has now fired the dome of its space agency

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The fall of several remains of A Falcon 9 rocket from Spacex in Poland He has caused another fall weeks later: that of the president of the Polish Space Agency, fulminated by the government of his country. A little context. In the early hours of February 19, the second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket, which had failed by exorbiting two weeks before, rented without control in the earth’s atmosphere. The 13.8 meters long propeller by 3.66 meters in diameter disintegrated over northern Europe. The fragments that survived the heat of the reentry They fell near the city of Poznan. A meter and average length tank, covered with carbon fiber, hit the enclosure of an electrical material warehouse without causing damage. A warehouse employee gave the police to the police. The initial answer. The next day, the Polish Space Agency (PoSA) said he had reportedly informed various institutions of the Polish government about the incident. His space security department said, always monitor threats of artificial space objects, such as rockets. Spacex exorbitous normally the Falcon 9 on the ocean, far from populated areas. In this case, a technical failure after the deployment of the Starlink 11-4 mission on February 2 made the second stage of the rocket You will not be able to meet your engine To re -enter controlled. The rocket spin around the earth until entering the atmosphere due to gravity and atmospheric braking. He did it on February 19 at 4:43, Poland time. Contradictions. The appearance of several fragments of Falcon 9 in different parts of Poland triggered an internal crisis. Krzysztof Paszyk, the Minister of Polish Development and Technology, went out to contradict Posa, stating that the Polish Space Agency had not informed the authorities as he said, and asking for urgent explanations to the president of Polsa, Grzegorz Wrochna. On February 28, Pols European Spaceflight. To further complicate things, on March 2 Polsa suffered a cyber attack that forced her to disconnect her Internet systems until day 5. The dismissal. Finally, on March 11, the Ministry of Development and Technology of Poland officially announced the dismissal of the president of Polsa, Grzegorz Wrochna. The president was fired for inappropriate management of the uncontrolled fall of remains of Falcon 9 over Poland. For his part, Spacex clarified that I was collaborating with the Poland government in the tasks of recovery and cleanliness, and that there were no toxic materials present in the remains. The company has a specific phone and email to inform the remains of its rockets: 1-866-623-0234 and recovery@spacex.com. Image | Posa In Xataka | Spacex has given explanations about the rocket that rented without control in Europe: again a leak of the second stage

They fired 5% of their workforce and some will never work again for them

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Goal has been plunged into an intense personnel restructuring in what Mark Zuckerberg called “the year of efficiency.” According to published Techspotit is estimated that, since 2020, Meta has fired about 35,600 employees. The last ponytail of that restructuring of its template was given only a few days ago when Mark Zuckerberg announced that he was going to dismiss 5% of your workforce current, while It opened new vacancies For profiles of development for your AI. Many of the meta -employed could return to work for the company in these new positions, but A filtration of Business Insider He has revealed the existence of a “blacklist” of employees who will never step on a goal again. Keep back. One of the goal engineers fired in the 2022 round, observed a pattern when he tried to run for more than 20 vacancies in the finish line during all 2023. The hiring managers showed interest in hire him for his skillsbut when the first stage of the selection process began, the recruiters ruled out. When asking a hiring manager, he told him that from the hiring team they had forbidden him to do so as he considered it “not eligible for rectation.” “That was the first time I had a real indication that I was in some type of list,” said the engineer to Business Insider. Up to five former employees confirmed the investigations of the American environment. Reasons not to hire you. There are various reasons more than founded by which a company would include a laid out on a blacklist so as not to hire him again: to have a Inappropriate behavior, Filter confidential data of the company or have Low performance Continuously, they could be some of the reasons why these workers receive the “not eligible for rectation” label. A target spokesman pointed out that “there are clear criteria to determine when someone is considered not eligible for rectation, which apply to all employees that go, and there are controls and counterweights in the process so that a single manager cannot unilaterally consider someone not eligible without support.” “By saying goodbye, we determine the reason for the employee’s departure (breach of policies, dismissal for performance, voluntary resignation, etc.) and that, together with the last performance rating, determines whether an employee is eligible for recontraction,” explained the target spokesman to the US environment. Business Insider He has not been able to confirm the physical existence of that black list of hiring, but in the review of the internal communications of Meta they were found with the systematic refusal of different hiring responsible for trying to re -have recontract certain former employees. Limit to hire the best. While it is true that these lists are not illegal, the experts consulted by the news portal assured that it is not usual among the great technological ones that are permanently fighting for hire the best talent. In statements to TechspotLazlo Bock, Google personnel operations director for more than a decade, said it was “incredibly unusual. It is very, very rare. In fact, I have never heard of a company that has a designation of ‘not to recontract’ for former employees, because if an employee had a good performance, it is preferable to hire someone who already knows the company and its culture than another person.” Back to goal. After the latest goal layoffs, that the company attributed to low performance Having hardened his criteria, some former employees of the Mark Zuckerberg company wondered why they show up for a job offer in the company that fired you. The engineer who discovered the blackloca of the finish line assured to Inc.com I had a weight of weight: “It is the worst company I have worked on. But it is also the one that best pays. If I could stay there for a couple of years and earn a lot of money, I would do it.” In Xataka | Mark Zuckerberg has put on brown and gold chains to grind more. Surveys say it still falls badly Image | Wikimedia Commons (Nokia621), Unspash (Sigmund)

A 19 -year -old hacked the iPhone, was hired by Apple and ended up fired for not answering an email

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The iPhone has been among us for almost 17 years. During all this time, the phone has changed a lot, but some things have remained practically intact since its launch. One of them is the closed ecosystem to which Apple products belong. Anti-Jailbreak. The Cupertino company has struggled to maintain a strong control over what can be done on the iPhone. But even in the first generation of the device there were those who rejected this mechanic and offered users an alternative: the Jailbreak. Jailbreak was nothing other than a method that was used of certain vulnerabilities of the device to remove the restrictions that Apple had imposed. Thus, those who resorted to this method accessed unpaid functions in exchange for putting their safety at risk. The road from Allegra. From advanced adjustments to the possibility of installing third -party applications without going through the App Store (store that was not available at the beginning and arrived in 2008 with OS 2). One of the hackers that had developed his own jailbreak was Nicholas Allegra. The 18 -year -old known on the network as “Comex” launched the first jailbreak publicly available for the iPhone 4 In 2010. To achieve this, he found a way to exploit vulnerability in a Safari library, so his method worked directly from the browser. Advanceing. Comex continued to cultivate his ability to break Apple’s telephone security and the following year launched Jailbreakme 3.0, which reached several iOS devices, including iPad 2. At this point, the community believed that Allegra was “years ahead” of other iOS hackers. And hired. But in 2011, his reality changed radically. The young man He went from creating Jailbreakme to be part of Applethe company that had challenged, as “remote fellow.” It is not clear what the dynamic between the multinational and the young man was, but that link did not take too long to dissolve. The farewell. After almost a year in Apple, in 2012 Allegra He announced on Twitter that was no longer part of Apple. In another message he explained that he had reached that situation because he had “forgotten to answer an email.” The mail in question was an offer to continue hired. The internship had a duration of one year and, apparently, Apple asked Comex by email to confirm if it would continue in the company for one more year. Not receiving an answer, the firm left the iphone hacker contract without effect, so it ceased to be a fellow. Images | Unspash In Xataka | Banks spent years criticizing cryptocurrencies. The BBVA will soon allow to operate with Bitcoin and ETH from its app In Xataka | Japan’s demographic crisis is leaving him without workers. Your solution: thousands of robots with a cat’s face *An earlier version of this article was published in January 2024

Trump fired nearly all inspectors general at major federal agencies

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The president donald trump fired the independent inspectors general of more than a dozen federal agencies in an unprecedented purge held on Friday night. The decision paved the way for Trump to install his loyalists in the crucial role of Identify fraud, waste and abuse in government. The only Cabinet-level inspectors general who were spared were those at the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice. The Washington Post was the first to report the layoffs. An Inspector General conducts investigations and audits into possible irregularities, fraud, waste, or abuse by a government agency or its personnel, and issues reports and recommendations on his or her findings. The Inspector General’s office is intended to operate independently. The layoffs appear to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intention to fire a Senate-confirmed inspector general. Legal uncertainty could create uncomfortable encounters on Monday, when several watchdogs who were informed they had been fired planned to report to their offices for work anyway. The chairman of the Board of Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency questioned the White House action in a letter to Gor late Friday, cited by The Washington Post. “I recommend that you contact the White House legal counsel to discuss the course of action you intend to follow. At this time, we do not believe that the actions taken are legally sufficient to remove the Presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed Inspectors General,” wrote Hannibal “Mike” Ware, inspector general of the Small Business Administration and acting inspector general of the Social Security Administration. Democratic lawmakers criticized the firings, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer calling the move “a chilling purge” and warning that the firings could usher in “a golden age of government abuses, and even corruption.” . Keep reading:· They wish death to bishop who asked Trump for mercy for immigrants and LGBTQ people· Trump argues in public with the mayor of Los Angeles over her management of the wildfires· Trump continues to sign executive orders with big changes in government

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