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DOGE staffer 'Big Balls' provided tech support to cybercrime ring

By Raphael Satter

Mar 27 2025 12:14AM

According to digital records.

DOGE staffer 'Big Balls' provided tech support to cybercrime ring

The best-known member of Elon Musk's US DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters. Edward Coristine is among the most visible members ...

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