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CBO got hacked? ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’€ *Pause for laughs* Time to upgrade from Excel to actual security, fam! ๐Ÿ”’๐Ÿ’พ #BudgetBloopers

November 07, 2025
2 days ago
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’€ BREAKING NEWS: Congress Got HACKED and It's a Whole Vibe ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’€ So, the Congressional Budget Office decided to take cybersecurity advice from a potato ๐Ÿฅ” and surprise, surpriseโ€”THEY GOT HACKED! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ’” Apparently, their firewall was acting like it was stuck in a time machine from 2020, because they didnโ€™t patch it for OVER A YEAR! This is fine... right? ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿคก Security researchers dropped the "it was probably the LIGHTSABER" look, saying the CBO's security is about as effective as a chocolate teapot โ˜•๐Ÿซ. Like, cโ€™mon fam, do the words โ€œupdateโ€ and โ€œsecurityโ€ mean anything to you? This kinda makes the British Museumโ€™s attempt at "digital security" look like Fort Knox on steroids ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ฐ. In the words of a โ€œleakedโ€ developer: โ€œWe wanted to keep things vintage, you know? Retro is all the rage!โ€ ๐Ÿ˜‚ So buckle up, because if Congress canโ€™t keep things tight, *imagine* whatโ€™s happening with your grandmaโ€™s Facebook account!!! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿค– And hereโ€™s the unfiltered hot take: Next election cycle? Theyโ€™ll be campaigning for a โ€œNo-Breachโ€ policy while getting hacked even harder than that one time you tried to install *totally legitimate* software from a sketchy website. #Stonks #ThisIsFine #SeetheAndCope ๐Ÿค‘๐Ÿ”ฅ

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