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DOGE member previously fired by cybersecurity firm for leaking company secrets

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Re: DOGE member previously fired by cybersecurity firm for leaking company secrets

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Likely the company in question does not want to share what their internal proprietary data that was leaked was.

Either way, that, along with the brags from the ex-employee about still having access to the company's machines after termination, speaks to his character. It seems pretty clear, taking all the evidence into account, that it was unwise to give him a high level of access to government data.

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Hey, if it was secrets, and its confirmed to be secrets, and the cause is publicized, and the alleged secrets leaker confirmed it, then we are WAY WAY WAY beyond guilt-by-association.

> A spokesperson for the Arizona-based hosting and data-security firm said Thursday: “I can confirm that Edward Coristine's brief contract was terminated after the conclusion of an internal investigation into the leaking of proprietary company information that coincided with his tenure.”

> Afterward, Coristine wrote that he’d retained access to the cybersecurity company’s computers, though he said he hadn’t taken advantage of it.

Re: DOGE member previously fired by cybersecurity firm for leaking company secrets

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off topic (who even cares about the OP) but I heard a clip of Musk saying that "the bureaucracy subverts democracy. I want government by the people, not the bureau" and ... I don't even. Do people really fall for this? Is it not obvious that one bureau is just being sub'd out for another less accountable one? Are people really that stupid?

Re: DOGE member previously fired by cybersecurity firm for leaking company secrets

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off topic (who even cares about the OP) but I heard a clip of Musk saying that "the bureaucracy subverts democracy. I want government by the people, not the bureau" and ... I don't even. Do people really fall for this? Is it not obvious that one bureau is just being sub'd out for another less accountable one? Are people really that stupid?

> Do people really fall for this?

Yeah. There are still people that call it "Twitter" in 2025.

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