Elon Musk heads the Trump administration’s government efficiency task force, DOGE
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Cybersecurity experts are racing to preserve vital documents produced by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a government agency charged with developing standards for a range of fields including quantum-proof encryption, after fears they could be lost as part of Elon Musk’s “government efficiency” drive.
Musk heads a task force called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is not a government department but was created by an executive order from US President Donald Trump with the stated aim of “modernizing Federal technology…
source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2467550-cybersecurity-experts-fear-elon-musks-doge-may-enable-quantum-hackers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=technology
