# Trump Broke the Federal Email System and Government Employees Got Blasted With Astonishingly Vulgar Messages

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/trump-broke-the-federal-email-system-and-government-employees-got-blasted-with-astonishingly-vulgar-messages/
- Published: 2025-02-01T09:15:09-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Tim Robberts / via Getty Images. Article by Joe Wilkins. Futurism: The Byte – January 31, 2025. Turns out that putting underqualified kids in charge of the federal government’s HR agency wasn’t the smartest move. Last night, an exploit in the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) new home-cooked email server seems to have made it possible for anyone with an email address to blast messages to vast numbers of federal employees. […] Click here to view original web page at futurism.com Related articles: Trump Hit With New Lawsuit for Funneling Sensitive Info to Elon Musk – The New Republic Trump’s war on federal workers targets the meritorious – Salon Elon Puts Kid Who Just Graduated From High School in Charge of Disemboweling the US Government – Futurism Lawsuit claims systems behind OPM governmentwide email blast are illegal, insecure – FedScoop Lawsuit Accuses Trump Admin of Funneling Data to Ex-Musk Employee – Newsweek