'I’m guessing that Trump and Musk are behind this, and that this is just another essential thing the government does that they’re trying to break into pieces. The good news is that in this case not only was there a last minute reprieve, but some people saw it coming and made plans to keep things going in case the rug still eventually gets pulled out. If this was the work of the dynamic duo of Pennsylvania Avenue, what they were busy trying to break was the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program — better known as CVE — which keeps track of security vulnerabilities found in software so that it can get fixed, hopefully before the bad guys develop a way to exploit the bug. The story started on Tuesday when MITRE — a nonprofit that among other things operates federally funded research and development centers that support various federal government agencies, including the CVE program — sent a letter to CVE board members, telling them that funding for CVE and other related programs was set to expire on Wednesday. As you might imagine, when that news hit the internet, it got social networks buzzing. [...] Then on Wednesday morning, at about the time that tech oriented websites and tech-focused users on social sites were at peak craziness over this withdrawal of funding, a monkey wrench was thrown into the machinery by a news release from the CVE Foundation, an organization that nobody — at least not anybody that I know — has heard anything about until now. “The CVE Foundation has been formally established to ensure the long-term viability, stability, and independence of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program, a critical pillar of the global cybersecurity infrastructure for 25 years,” the release opened, under the heading: “CVE Foundation Launched to Secure the Future of the CVE Program.' -- source: https://fossforce.com/2025/04/cve-foundation-emerges-from-stealth-to-rescue-... Cheers, Peter