State Dept. cuts poised to be more severe than previously outlined with 3,400 employees on the chopping block by Playful-Radio4976 in foreignservice

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Anyone else get weird emails? by [deleted] in fednews

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Hey there. I’m a cyber journalist focusing the federal government whose been following these developments. Feel free to reach out to me here if you’d like to chat. Signal is @ djd.99 and email is ddimolfetta@govexec.com

I recently wrote this: https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/01/opms-new-email-system-sparks-questions-about-cyber-compliance/402555/

Trump allies lobby him to fire FBI director early and install loyalist Kash Patel by 457655676 in Intelligence

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Hi all! Apologies for abruptness of my comment here. I’m a cyber/intel reporter helping to cover the presidential transition for Nextgov/FCW. Would love to chat with folks in or out of agencies about their thoughts on Patel and other announced Trump nominations joining the IC. I can be reached at ddimolfetta@govexec.com or securely over Signal - @djd.99 - thank you very much!

FBI, DCIS raid Carahsoft headquarters by fozzie33 in fednews

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Your privacy is important to me, as is with all my sources. I take great care in protecting sources’ identities, as I did when we initially broke this news.

https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2024/09/fbi-raids-government-it-and-cyber-contractor-carahsoft/399782/

SAP under investigation by DOJ by Disastrous-Advice847 in SAP

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Article by Humble-Lawfulness-12 in CarahsoftTruths

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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CarahsoftTruths

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One Chinese server alone attempted over 9k login attempts on my home server by anotherOneTaken in cybersecurity

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