Summary

  • “Big Balls”, a young technologist who works for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has had access to US government systems called into question by security experts.
  • Edward Coristine, the individual in question, has set up at least five companies, registered in the US, Delaware and the UK in the last four years.
  • He also worked at Path Network, which employs hackers, and Tesla.Sexy LLC, a company he founded, has a Discord bot targeting the Russian market, with at least two Russian-registered domains.
  • Given these foreign connections, they would be flagged during any security clearance check, according to former Army intelligence officer Joseph Shelzi.
  • Additionally, the fact that Coristine’s career began when he was about 16 years old would also raise concerns, says longtime security manager Davi Ottenheimer.
  • It is unclear what level of clearance Coristine has, or how it was granted, with the White House not responding to questions.

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