A young technologist known online as “Big Balls,” who works for DOGE, has access to sensitive US government systems. But his professional and online history call into question whether he would pass the background check typically required to obtain security clearances, security experts tell WIRED.
I gotta say, this part :
Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
I couldn’t care about in the least. Corporations in this country will regularly press charges against anyone pointing out security flaws in their systems. The fact that someone has been convicted of cyber crimes, only proves that they’re competent, it says nothing about their ethical standards.
The show Silicon Valley seemed so absurd at the time. Now I know I was too normal if anything.
Your country is being run by idiots and idiot children.
Seems like something Elon would support.
Something elon IS supporting
If his balls are big, that means he isn’t getting any surely.
I don’t care how rich he is. I’m embarrassed for him.
I’m not embarrassed, he should have his assets seized and he should be deported. I know he won’t suffer any consequences.
Fuck musk and his goons, but hiring convicted hackers is pretty normal tbh.
Really? Tell me more about these normal 19-year-olds who hire convicted hackers for their companies that specifically advertise to Russia and China.
I can speak to that happening in the private sector. Apple often hires famous jailbreakers, exploiters, and high-contribution bug reporters to improve their own security software, rather than prosecuting them for breach of ToS.
Source: Worked for Apple for a decade
Can you read? I didnt say anything about 19 year olds or Russia or China. I just said convicted hackers. Its so common that its a running joke for the CIA/NSA to hire anyone who successfully breaches their systems. If you dont hire the people that managed to breach confidential systems, then you are not hiring the best.
Usually they get a plea deal that gives them their freedom on the condition that they work for the gov.
Do you think maybe the context here is important?
Maybe the blurb should have that added context, because otherwise it sounds like “ooo scary hackers” when it’s the Russian and Chinese connections that are scary.
If you can’t trust Big Balls and his sexy Tesla hackers to run the government efficiently, who can you trust?
Not a security risk at all, nosiree /s
