DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency

[Nevilledog]

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-cisa-coristine-cybersecurity/

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Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old engineer with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) known as “Big Balls,” is now on staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), WIRED has confirmed. He is joined by another member of the DOGE team, 38-year-old software engineer Kyle Schutt, who is now also on the CISA staff, according to a government source.
CISA referred WIRED to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), of which it’s a component agency, when reached for comment. DHS did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

Coristine—briefly an intern for Musk’s brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, as WIRED has reported—has been working his way through numerous federal agencies and departments as a DOGE operative since January. He has been tracked at the General Services Administration (GSA), the Office of Personnel Management, the State Department, and FEMA. At State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Technology, he potentially had access to systems containing sensitive information about diplomats and many sources and spies around the world who provide the U.S. government with intelligence and expertise.

As the journalist Marisa Kabas was first to report, he has now moved to CISA, a division of DHS. He is listed in the staff directory as a senior advisor.

A second DOGE worker, Schutt, has also joined Coristine at CISA. Schutt has reportedly also been at the GSA. Prior to his work with DOGE, he worked on the launch of WinRed, a fundraising platform for Republicans that helped the party raise $1.8 billion during the 2024 election campaigns.

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[Solly Mack]

1. Why doesn't the fucker just send out invitations for an invasion?

Say, "Here, take it all!".

[NotHardly]

7. At 74, I never envisioned I'd live to see the willful surrender of my country by an elected president.

[Solly Mack]

8. And all under the guise of "America First'.

[dchill]

2. I feel so secure. Cybersecure!

Between Big Balls Coristine and Lily Munster as the Director of National Security, I couldn't possibly feel more secure!

[Ms. Toad]

3. Totally unrelated - but everytime I see the nickname for Coristine, I hear this:

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. Does SpaceX have any government contracts?

If so, there's bound to be a lot of fraud and waste. I think someone should go over and start firing people at random -- rocket scientists, computer techs, janitors -- until the number of employees is 80% of what it is today. Then 50% of the launches planned for this year should be cancelled. The need for the heavy booster and starship should be examined, with the company being required to justify every dollar spent, as well as environmental impacts.

Finally, Elon Musk himself should be audited to determine if there are conflicts of interest and self-dealing which are against the law.

And of course, the IRS would audit Elon.

[defacto7]

5. We're about as secure as this:

root@root:~$ chmod -R 777 *

[Johonny]

6. So Russia has direct access to our cybersecurity

Data. Because Putin sees everything douche sees. We all know that.