• Team Musk CRASHES Social-Security Site

    From c186282@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 7 22:59:57 2025
    XPost: alt.politics.usa, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14581661/elon-musk-approval-doge-social-security-crash.html

    Washington was rocked last week amid reports that President
    Donald Trump's 'first buddy' Elon Musk was heading out the
    door.

    And now the popularity of the billionaire Tesla and SpaceX
    boss has begun to slip as he spearheads slashing federal
    jobs and government contracts.

    Meanwhile, Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
    crashed the Social Security Administration (SSA) website
    on Monday.

    The young people who run DOGE were apparently engaged in an
    'anti-fraud upgrade' when the efforts went bad and several
    reported an inability to access their online accounts, the
    Washington Post reported.

    Specifically, the online glitch prevented the elderly and
    low-income families from accessing their information. It
    also stopped these demographics from being able to apply
    for government services or receive their payments.

    . . .

    Checked MY stuff over the weekend - all OK. However
    it appears there was a "black monday" event .....

    Hey, a lot of the SSA stuff is probably writ in
    1960s COBOL, some of it running on 1960s computers.
    The "young guys" won't have a CLUE.

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  • From Gronk@21:1/5 to Governor Swill on Sat Apr 12 00:22:38 2025
    XPost: alt.politics.usa, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    Governor Swill wrote:
    On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 22:59:57 -0400, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:

    Hey, a lot of the SSA stuff is probably writ in
    1960s COBOL, some of it running on 1960s computers.
    The "young guys" won't have a CLUE.

    I thought that too but in another thread it's been pointed out that
    it's still in development and popular with large organizations, public
    and private.

    Correct.

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