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Residential proxy software — typically bundled silently into free applications — was discovered operating on the Executive Office of the President's network, effectively renting out government IP addresses to unknown third parties. The root cause is a failure of software inventory and configuration governance: unauthorized or unvetted applications were allowed to install and run on a highly sensitive network. This matters enormously because adversaries can abuse these proxy nodes to launder malicious traffic, conduct reconnaissance, or pivot deeper into government infrastructure while appearing to originate from a trusted U.S. government address. The involvement of a service linked to a Russian-founded company with ties to election system cyberattacks elevates the national security implications significantly.