As a newly minted cynic, this seems like a cynical play to save someone's budget.

Step 1: Post discreetly to a forum with minimal information and an absurdly short deadline

Step 2: Phone your friend, the former board member, to make your case on LinkedIn

Step 3: Ring up a friendly journalist and give them a tip

Step 4: Reference the insuing chaos as justification for keeping your project funded

Note that the article carefully avoids pinning the blame on DOGE or the Whitehouse while heavily implying it. MITRE is technically a private entity, albeit a non-profit. And the very last paragraph of the article states:

> A CISA spokesperson told CSO, “CISA is the primary sponsor for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposure (CVE) program… Although CISA’s contract with the MITRE Corporation will lapse after April 16, we are urgently working to mitigate impact and to maintain CVE services on which global stakeholders rely.”

To be clear, the point isn't to say that the CVE program isn't valuable, nor is it to say that it's good for a shenanigan like this to be necessary.

The point is that, unless you're directly involved in this subject (not impacted—involved), it's probably best to maintain a "wait and see" attitude rather than succumb to catastrophizing this news.