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#Hegseth had annual OPSEC, INFOSEC, LOAC, Insider Threat training as a member of the Army National Guard. As an infantry officer (Major), he claimed to have held a Top Secret clearance.
If the #SECDEF can’t follow basic training on handling classified information, then he shouldn’t have a security clearance!
A good #FBI background check would have discovered his alcoholism, sexual harassment and assault charges, disqualifying him, but the #GOP didn’t want to upset Trump.
FIRE HEGSETH ASAP!
The #whistleblower believes that the suspicious activity warrants further investigation by agencies w/more resources, like #CISA or the #FBI.
#Labor #law experts…fear that if the data gets out, it could be abused, including by private companies w/cases before the agency that might get insights into damaging testimony, #union leadership, #legal strategies & internal data on competitors — #Musk's #SpaceX among them….
For #cybersecurity professionals, a failure to log activity is a cardinal sin & contradicts best practices as recommended by the National Institute of Standards & Technology [#NIST] & the #DHS's #CISA, as well as the #FBI & the #NSA.
"That was a huge red flag," said Berulis. "That's something that you just don't do. It violates every core concept of security & best practice."
#criminal #law #Trump #Musk #DOGE #InfoSec #NationalSecurity
U.S. - #Education in #Danger 🙀
source: arstechnica.com/security/2025/…
A prominent computer #scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on #cryptography, #privacy, and #cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his #professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his #employer, #Indiana #University, and had his homes raided by the #FBI. No one knows why.
#usa #problem #politics #crime #future #news #fnord #wtf #omg
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado
Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)
Exclusive: #DOGE staffer, '#BigBalls', provided tech support to #cybercrime ring, records show
The best-known member of Elon #Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data & #cyberstalking an #FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters.
#USpol #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #Trump
reuters.com/world/us/doge-staf…
