Summary

Trump’s transition team is relying on private email servers, raising security concerns among federal officials who fear potential hacking and misuse of sensitive information.

The White House has instructed agencies to limit electronic sharing and instead offer in-person briefings or reading room access for sensitive materials.

Federal employees are wary of transmitting classified or personnel data to unsecured servers, with some requiring transition officials to verify compliance with security standards.

The reliance on private emails is slowing the transfer of government materials ahead of Trump’s inauguration.

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    I looked up the MX records and they’re using the non-government version of Office365. The big difference between the gov and non-gov versions is that the former is staffed with only US citizens, whereas the latter is mostly poorly paid foreign nationals who I’m sure would love a big payday from China, Russia or Iran.

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        You can look up the MX records pretty easily using Powershell (windows) or terminal (Mac and Linux) and the nslookup command.

        Or do you mean who has access to their accounts on the Microsoft side?

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        There’s some monero bounty sites for campaigns like this

        But honeslty I dont think you need to pay. Its already happening, I’m sure. The FBI recently said so when they made a public statement telling everyone to use encrypted messaging because of the increased ongoing attacks on US communication companies, especially targeting DC