https://www.404media.co/anyone-can-push-updates-to-the-doge-gov-website-2/ Account * Log in * Subscribe Navigation * Home * About * RSS * Support/FAQ * Podcast * FOIA Forum Archive * Merch * Advertise * Thanks * Privacy Follow us Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Instagram TikTok Facebook RSS Sign in Subscribe * About * RSS * Support/FAQ * Podcast * FOIA Forum Archive * Merch * Advertise * Thanks * Privacy Advertisement * Go ad free DOGE Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website Jason Koebler Jason Koebler * Feb 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM "THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN." Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website Image: Doge.gov Subscribe Join the newsletter to get the latest updates. [ ] Success Great! Check your inbox and click the link. Error Please enter a valid email address. The doge.gov website that was spun up to track Elon Musk's cuts to the federal government is insecure and pulls from a database that can be edited by anyone, according to two separate people who found the vulnerability and shared it with 404 Media. One coder added at least two database entries that are visible on the live site and say "this is a joke of a .gov site" and "THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN -roro." Doge.gov was hastily deployed after Elon Musk told reporters Tuesday that his Department of Government Efficiency is "trying to be as transparent as possible. In fact, our actions--we post our actions to the DOGE handle on X, and to the DOGE website." At the time, DOGE was an essentially blank webpage. It was built out further Wednesday and Thursday, and now shows a mirror of the @DOGE X account posts, as well as various stats about the U.S. government's federal workforce. Two different web development experts who asked to remain anonymous because they were probing a federal website told 404 Media that doge.gov is seemingly built on a Cloudflare Pages site that is not currently hosted on government servers. The database it is pulling from can be and has been written to by third parties, and will show up on the live website. Both sources told 404 Media that they noticed Doge.gov is pulling from a Cloudflare Pages website, where the code that runs it is actually deployed. This post is for paid members only Become a paid member for unlimited ad-free access to articles, bonus podcast content, and more. Subscribe Sign up for free access to this post Free members get access to posts like this one along with an email round-up of our week's stories. Subscribe Already have an account? Sign in More like this DOGE Employees Ordered to Stop Using Slack While Agency Transitions to a Records System Not Subject to FOIA DOGE Employees Ordered to Stop Using Slack While Agency Transitions to a Records System Not Subject to FOIA Employees at Elon Musk's agency have been told "OMB is asking us to stop generating new slack messages starting now." Jason Koebler Jason Koebler , Joseph Cox Joseph Cox * Feb 5, 2025 Researcher Captures Contents of 'DEI.gov' Before It Was Hidden Behind a Password Researcher Captures Contents of 'DEI.gov' Before It Was Hidden Behind a Password The list includes budget claims like "$3.4 million for Malaysian drug-fueled gay sex app" and "Disbursed $15,000 to 'queer' Muslim writers in India." Samantha Cole Samantha Cole * Feb 14, 2025 Trump Admin Adds Note Rejecting 'Gender Ideology' on Sites Court Ordered Them to Restore Trump Admin Adds Note Rejecting 'Gender Ideology' on Sites Court Ordered Them to Restore FDA and HHS sites now note that "The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology and condemns the harms it causes to children." Emanuel Maiberg Emanuel Maiberg , Jason Koebler Jason Koebler * Feb 14, 2025 Behind the Blog: Backdoors and the Miracle of Wikipedia Behind the Blog: Backdoors and the Miracle of Wikipedia This week, we discuss Apple's iCloud, Wikipedia as a miracle of humankind, and good soup. Samantha Cole Samantha Cole , Jason Koebler Jason Koebler , Joseph Cox Joseph Cox * Feb 14, 2025 Advertisement * Go ad free Advertisement * Go ad free * Hide Unparalleled access to hidden worlds both online and IRL. 404 Media is a new independent media company founded by technology journalists Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg, Samantha Cole, and Joseph Cox. * About * RSS * Support/FAQ * Podcast * FOIA Forum Archive * Merch * Advertise * Thanks * Privacy Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Instagram TikTok Facebook RSS Join the newsletter to get the latest updates. [ ] Success Great! Check your inbox and click the link to confirm your subscription (c) 2025 404 Media. Published with Ghost.