By *Bruce Schneier* <https://foreignpolicy.com/author/bruce-schneier/>: https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/11/doge-cyberattack-united-states-treasury... [...] The security implications span three critical areas. First, system manipulation: External operators can now modify operations while also altering audit trails that would track their changes. Second, data exposure: Beyond accessing personal information and transaction records, these operators can copy entire system architectures and security configurations—in one case, the technical blueprint of the country’s federal payment infrastructure. Third, and most critically, is the issue of system control: These operators can alter core systems and authentication mechanisms while disabling the very tools designed to detect such changes. This is more than modifying operations; it is modifying the infrastructure that those operations use. [...]