Heidi Workman

Freedom Fighter, State Rep, Ohio House District 72

[Ohio House GOP @OHRGOPCaucus]

Members of the Ohio General Assembly are working to make election integrity protections permanent by enshrining voter ID requirements in Ohio’s Constitution.

Read more: https://t.co/s2BbTqp9c5

[Kent State Office of Gov’t & Community Relations @KSUGovRelations]

We were delighted to have State Representative and Kent State graduate @workmanforOhio to the Kent Campus, where she met with faculty and saw a presentation on the university's quantum computing research.

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[Steve Demetriou @steve4ohsenate]

Great visit today with Portage County Treasurer Joe Bica, State Representative Heidi Workman, and members of the Treasurer’s team.

It was valuable to hear directly from the people on the front lines about the challenges facing homeowners, especially those dealing with tax delinquency. Right now, too many working families are footing the bill while big corporations game the system. That is wrong, and we need to put a stop to it.

Appreciate the time, insight, and commitment from this team. Looking forward to taking what we learned back to the Statehouse and getting to work.

[ABC of Ohio @OhioABC]

What an incredible @NorthernOhioABC apprenticeship job site visit! These outstanding ABC apprenticeship program students absolutely lit up the site with their energy, curiosity, and genuine excitement for the skilled trades!

We were thrilled to host County Commissioner Mike Tinlin, State Rep. Heidi Workman, the Portage County Water Department, and the talented Stow-Monroe Falls High School student shop class for this unforgettable day.

Huge applause to these amazing apprentices— you are the future of construction, and we couldn’t be prouder of your passion and drive!

#ABCofNorthernOhio #ABCofOhio #Constructionapprenticeship #ABCMeritShopProud

[Rep. Anna Paulina Luna @RepLuna]

It is time for a convention of states. Congress will never term limit itself… and as you are seeing it is broken. Too many of these cats get up to DC and hop onto the uniparty train. The problem is the uniparty doesn’t work for you! It works for special interest.

[Ohio House GOP @OHRGOPCaucus]

Working for Ohioans. 👏

[Heidi Workman @WorkmanforOhio]

🚨Wake up call! 🚨 This is EXACTLY why my frontier tech and quantum commission bill is critical. Tech pirates are dominating and governments must immediately strengthen their cybersecurity standards. God help us.

[Ricardo @Ric_RTP]

One hacker just proved that nation-state cyberattacks are now a consumer product.

Between December and January, someone told Claude to act as an elite hacker.

Claude said no. "That violates AI safety guidelines."

So the hacker asked again.

Claude complied.

150 gigabytes of Mexican government data stolen.

195 million taxpayer records compromised.

Voter files gone.

Employee credentials leaked.

Civil registry extracted.

From someone who just kept asking an AI until it said yes.

When Claude hit limits, he switched to ChatGPT.

Two AI chatbots daisy-chained into a hacking pipeline.

Thousands of attack plans with exact targets, vulnerabilities, and credentials.

Mexico's federal tax authority, national electoral institute, four state governments.

One person. One month.

Now watch the response:

Jalisco: "We weren't breached."
Electoral institute: "No unauthorized access."
Tax authority: silence.

They're literally lying. Gambit Security has the receipts. Bloomberg confirmed it.

Here's what's makes this insane:

This wasn't sophisticated. It was embarrassingly EASY.

Because Mexico's government networks are running infrastructure from 1997.

One hacker with a $20/month AI subscription just proved every government on Earth is vulnerable to the same attack.

The US. UK. France. Germany. Japan.

All running networks with zero segmentation, default passwords since 2008, no intrusion detection, no anomaly monitoring.

A single person can breach ANY of them.

The method:

1. Subscribe to Claude ($20/month)
2. Tell it you're doing a security audit
3. Ask it to find vulnerabilities
4. Ask it to write exploits
5. If it refuses, ask again differently
6. Execute against networks built in 1997

Result: Nation-state level data breach.

Anthropic's response: "We banned the accounts and added misuse detection to Claude Opus 4.6."

That's cute. But it's NOT the point.

The point is that we've crossed a threshold where infrastructure security is no longer about preventing skilled attackers. It's about preventing anyone with internet access from running a penetration test against critical government systems.

And winning.

This is what happens when countries don't invest in cybersecurity.

When they slash budgets every year.

When they can't compete with private sector salaries so all the good security engineers leave.

When they don't modernize infrastructure because it's expensive and boring and doesn't win elections.

Then one day someone with an AI chatbot shows them exactly how vulnerable they actually are.

And suddenly they're explaining to 195 million citizens why their tax records are now in a hacker's possession.

The scariest part is that this blueprint is now PUBLIC.

Every hacker knows the method. Every rival government knows it. Every script kiddie with a Claude subscription knows how to attempt it.

And most governments are still running the same brittle infrastructure Mexico got breached through.

So the next hack is coming. Then the next.

Until eventually someone uses this method to access something that actually matters. Nuclear codes. Military plans. Election systems.

And at that point we'll realize governments should have invested in zero-trust architecture instead of hoping nobody would try.

But by then it'll be too late.

This is 21st century nation-state hacking.

Not sophisticated. Not impressive. Just inevitable.

A hacker. An AI chatbot. A government that didn't invest in security.

Mexico just showed every other government exactly how vulnerable they are in today's age.

Now we wait to see if anyone actually does anything about it.

[Steve Demetriou @steve4ohsenate]

Standing with Representative @WorkmanforOhio to put Ohio families ahead of billion-dollar tech companies.

Our bill on new data centers draws a hard line:
    •    No taxpayer handouts for corporate data centers
    •    No seizing private property for tech giants
    •    No paving over prime farmland
    •    No dumping massive power costs onto working families

If Big Tech wants to build in Ohio, they can, but they don’t get subsidies, they don’t get your land, and they don’t get to stick you with the bill.

[Kent Walker @Kent_Walker]

Quantum computing will super-charge science and discovery, but it will also put today’s digital locks at risk.

Today, we’re sharing an update on our work to keep users safer in the quantum era + suggestions for policymakers. ↓ https://t.co/om0wICHfV0

[Heidi Workman @WorkmanforOhio]

SHARE! If you’re in the 7 affected counties that deal with e-check regulations in NE Ohio, don’t miss this opportunity. The U.S. EPA is accepting comments until January 12, 2026.

[General Mike Flynn @GenFlynn]

Oh-oh Ohio … @ImFiredUp2 is in your house and on the case of even more fraud within the various communities who e been stealing billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars.

When will it end?

[Dave Yost @DaveYostOH]

Maduro was under federal indictment. He’s been arrested and will face trial and all due process—just like Noriega after Operation Just Cause.

This is how justice works. Sometimes the defendant turns himself in. Sometimes, you gotta go get them— and use what force is necessary.

[Heidi Workman @WorkmanforOhio]

Time to revive the Ohio DOGE caucus. ✂️

[Rep. Mike Dovilla @mikedovilla]

If fraud is "the cost of doing business," then it's time to change our state's approach to the business of government.

It shouldn't surprise us, however, when @OhioDCY recently testified before the House Committee on Workforce and Higher Education, boasting about their recent reorganization of the executive branch. Of course, all five of the agencies on the "past" side of the slide still exist, so all the reorganization did was create more government.

It is no wonder nobody seems to have a clue how our taxpayer dollars are being spent or how broadly Ohioans are being defrauded, when all government seems to do is grow and get more complicated. The administrative state in Ohio needs a haircut, and I'm sharpening my scissors.

[Heidi Workman @WorkmanforOhio]

Truth. I hear the same everywhere. Get on X!

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

Just called my dad.

He had no idea about the Somali fraud. Zero.

He said he couldn’t believe he hadn’t heard about it on the news and that it wasn’t a bigger story.

…so many people haven’t woken up to the truth yet, including my dad, who I love dearly

What you think should make the news, doesn’t make the news.

I, like my dad, thought the news was just, “whatever story is the biggest…”

If it's a big enough deal, surely the news will cover it.

I was wrong.

…the “news” isn’t a mirror of reality's biggest stories

It’s a FILTER.

My dad, like so many good people I know, is just living a normal life… trusting that if something is TRULY important, someone will tell him.

And that, that is the trap.

They don’t need to convince you of a lie...

...they just need to make sure you never hear the truth.

Once you see that, you can't unsee it.

It changes everything.

[Heidi Workman @WorkmanforOhio]

It was an honor to join Governor DeSantis for this important discussion!

[Ron DeSantis @GovRonDeSantis]

This morning, I addressed the Congressional Term Limits Retreat in Delray Beach to urge state legislators from around the country to support the adoption of a U.S. Constitutional amendment establishing term limits for Congress.

I was pleased to speak with legislators from around the country who recognize the necessity to restore the temporary nature of public service. Twelve states have passed resolutions for term limits, and we need 22 more to reach the threshold for a single-issue convention.

The momentum is building!

[Heidi Workman @WorkmanforOhio]

This is a big deal for Ohioans! These bills now head to the Senate for consideration.

[Heidi Workman @WorkmanforOhio]

It’s time to lift Charlie’s torch.

[Heidi Workman @WorkmanforOhio]

Game on! 🔥

[First Lady Melania Trump @FLOTUS]

Are you ready for an AI challenge?
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[Steve Demetriou @steve4ohsenate]

Great to join State Rep. @WorkmanforOhio in Portage County to meet with Auditor Matt Kelly and part of his team, Kate and Beth. We had a productive discussion on property tax reform priorities — Ohio families are counting on us to deliver.

[Heidi Workman @WorkmanforOhio]

Honored to join my colleagues at the White House this week for the Ohio Leadership Conference. We’ve had a wide variety of impactful policy discussions with the Trump administration throughout the day - and a tour of the beautiful White House!