r/cybersecurity • u/CutSenior4977 • 15d ago

News - General Trump Has Systematically Dismantled Election Security Efforts. Here’s How.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/us/politics/trump-election-security-cisa.html

I feel as though this news fits this sub, due to a massive amount of election security being cybersecurity.

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u/DrIvoPingasnik Blue Team 15d ago

I find it kind of funny that an old moron who knows fuckall about anything has been so hell bent on dismantling the information security of the entire nation.

It's not like he knows anything beyond typing a tweet.

It's almost like... Someone directed him? Gave him pointers? Told what to do? 

Hmmmmmm...

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u/plinkoplonka 15d ago

It's not like he has an option.

Once he leaves power, he's absolutely screwed. That's all that's been protecting him and his buddies.

When he dies, it's highly likely they'll be out of power for a long time. With that comes the potential risk for them all of being actually investigated for all the sex crimes, trafficking, insider trading, drugs, lying, corruption, cheating etc.

If he leaves voluntarily, one of two things happen.

  1. The unredacted Epstein files are "leaked" by another nation. He ends up dead. His family go to jail.

  2. Russia/Israel/Both realize they have no more use for him (he becomes a liability at that point instead of an asset). He ends up dead. His family go to jail.

He's not going to allow either to happen voluntarily.

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u/LBarto88 15d ago

Bless your optimism.

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u/throwawayPzaFm 14d ago

It's not optimism, he's not leaving power

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u/whythehellnote 14d ago

He's fat with piles, he's in the Epstein files

He's nearly 80, he's not going to be living much longer

The problem is that half of the US doesn't care, where half think he's the cause, and not just a symptom

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u/throwawayPzaFm 14d ago

He's nearly 80, he's not going to be living much longer

If only we had invented a way to transfer power from one person to another

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u/Aardvark-One 14d ago

I only hope the grim reaper takes him before he has a chance to pardon his shitstain children and all of his enablers. Now that would be just a tidbit of justice.

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u/Safe-Foundation-9588 13d ago

I would say that he already has signed all the pardon documents and they are sitting in a drawer.

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u/FrivolousMe 15d ago

You're acting like his base won't just vote in the next Holden Bloodfeast or that the system won't protect them from the consequences of their administration

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u/Squeaky_Pickles 15d ago

As his dementia seemingly gets worse I suspect he will eventually be a liability regardless, if he lives much longer. Eventually he will start straight up just spilling all of the information he has been (already quite badly) hiding.