Ed Coristine, 19, given access to critical government systems despite cybercrime links

| Importance: 9/10 | Status: confirmed

Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, 19, was appointed to DOGE and granted access to the State Department, CISA, DHS, FEMA, and Office of Personnel Management despite being fired from Path Network in 2022 for leaking data and running DiamondCDN which serviced the EGodly cybercrime group. Coristine was embedded at CISA, giving him access to U.S. intelligence on worldwide cyber threats. His maternal grandfather was KGB officer Valery Martynov, executed as a double agent in 1987.

Key Actors

Edward Coristine Elon Musk DOGE State Department CISA OPM

Tags

security-clearance cybersecurity institutional-capture doge-personnel national-security

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