Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’
Summary: Wired reported that Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old on Elon Musk's DOGE team, was given access to sensitive US government systems despite prior ties to 'The Com,' a distributed cybercriminal network of Discord and Telegram channels. Wired also found that a Telegram handle tied to Coristine solicited a DDoS-for-hire service in 2022, and chat logs show a user called 'Rivage' - referred to by other members as 'Edward' - requesting DDoS recommendations in the 'Dstat' cybercrime channel in November 2022.
What's compelling: Since the inauguration, DOGE has taken control of databases at Treasury, OPM, the Department of Education and HHS, and Com members were discussing harassing Coristine's family and notifying authorities within hours of his name surfacing - the extortion and coercion risk that disqualifies ex-gang members from clearances applies here.
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