[madhacker]

After the looting is done, they need to clear any traces of the crime.

[gruez]

How exactly did "looting" take place? The trump administration did a bunch of cuts and he personally benefited from being in office, but that's not the same as looting, which implies embezzlement of government funds.

[fzeroracer]

Well, for one, we know there were DOGE members that exfiltrated social security data for personal use [1]. And that's only what we know of so far.

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/10/social-se...

[dgellow]

Also, Russian IPs accessing systems: https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2025/04/user-russian-i...

[iAMkenough]

I read "looting" as installing a non-controlled StarLink terminal to silently pilfer protected data about Americans without going through existing infrastructure and leaving an audit trail.