Edward Colistine, a 19-year-old engineer at Elon Musk’s so-called Government Efficiency (DOGE), known as the “big ball,” is currently on staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). According to government sources, he is joined by Kyle Schutt, a 38-year-old software engineer, another member of the Doge team.
When CISA contacted us for comment, it introduced the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to wired. DHS did not immediately reply to requests for comment.
As Coristine-Wiard reported, Musk’s brain computer interface company Neuralink has been working as a Doge operative since January. He is being tracked by the Human Resources Administration, General Services Agency (GSA). State Departmentand FEMA. With the state’s Office of Diplomatic Technology, he could have access to sensitive information about diplomats and systems that included many sources and spies around the world that provided intelligence and expertise to the US government.
Just like journalist Marisa Cabas did. I’ll report firsthe has now moved to CISA, a division of DHS. He is listed in the Staff Directory as a Senior Advisor.
Schutt, the second Doge worker, also joined CISA’s Coristine. Schutt has It is reportedly It also has it in GSA. Before working with Doge, he worked on launching the victorya fundraising platform for Republicans who helped the party raise $1.8 billion during the 2024 election campaign.
While the level of access CORISTINE needs for CISA data and networks is not yet clear, many agencies are responsible for the defense of civil federal networks and working closely with key infrastructure owners across the country. It is sensitive and has many delicate storage. Important security information about your network. This includes information on software vulnerabilities, violations, and network risk assessments conducted against local and state election offices. Since 2018, CISA has helped state and local election offices across the country assess and secure network vulnerabilities. CISA will also work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency to notify victims of violations and process information regarding software vulnerabilities before information is released.
Coristine worked temporarily with Path Network, a network monitoring company known for hiring black hat hackers that was reformed in 2022, as Wired previously reported. Security journalist Brian Krebs also said the accounts he once associated with was also It was previously linked With a loosely formed cybercrime community known as COM, its members have been responsible for a variety of hacking operations over the past few years, including hacking numerous snowflake accounts. Coristine is not related to snowflake violations, but as reported by Wired, the account associated with him is that the account owners are seeking help to enforce denying decentralized service attacks. It seemed to suggest. Launch large traffic on your domain, disable it and prevent it from reaching legal traffic. Krebs also reported that Pass had fired Coristine Internal company documents leaked To a competitor.
Washington Post It was reported last week That Coristine was assigned to DHS as a senior advisor, but did not show any part of the vast institutions he participated in.
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