Report: 19-year-old DOGE team member "Big Balls" provided network support to cybercrime gang

[godrilla]

Boy, this site use to be pretty good, but since November, it's getting too political!

Wait until the midterms the show is only getting started!

 

[pnntmp]

The smearing campaign against Musk is truly grotesque.

The cybercrime gang used mobile phones. So their mobile service provider provided network support to them. Several airlines provided logistical support to the cybercrime gang.
If a gang member ever visited this site, Techspot provided the gang with up to date information.

This is preposterous.

 

[Kitsone]

- Damn son, Murc's Law in the wild!

For the uninitiated, Murc's Law is the bizarre phenomena where no one ever assigns agency to the Republican party, only Democrats. Republicans are like a Leopard (eating faces), they are a force of nature, things happen, but they're never consciously responsible for the things they do.

Only the Dems are ever assigned agency. Things happen because of the decisions the Dems make... or don't make.

In this case, it's again the Dem's fault that Republican's got elected and **** all over everything

A fun read with plenty of examples: https://whereofonecanspeak.com/2023...aw-but-youve-seen-it-in-action-lots-of-times/

Murc's law explains so much!

 

[Angga B]

If you, Techspot et al, all the MSM, spent at least 10% of your effort in researching, tracking and revealing "interesting things" related to government fundings and operations, which you are doing with this topic, then there will be NO REASON for any DOGE existence at all.

But you DIDN'T. So... Yeah, suck it up. Embrace your L.

 

[Beerfloat]

If you, Techspot et al, all the MSM, spent at least 10% of your effort in researching, tracking and revealing "interesting things" related to government fundings and operations, which you are doing with this topic, then there will be NO REASON for any DOGE existence at all.

But you DIDN'T. So... Yeah, suck it up. Embrace your L.

There's already no reason for DOGE existence at all. It's a squirrel.

 

[godrilla]

There's already no reason for DOGE existence at all. It's a squirrel.

Are the findings of waste just water under the bridge subjectively speaking? Can we for once see something past our own bias and this is exactly what the majority wanted. Also if the left keeps painting their favorite swastika images on other people's Tesla's this will guarantee another loss for Democrats.

 

[Beerfloat]

Are the findings of waste just water under the bridge subjectively speaking? Can we for once see something past our own bias and this is exactly what the majority wanted. Also if the left keeps painting their favorite swastika images on other people's Tesla's this will guarantee another loss for Democrats.

The claims of the so-called findings of waste are fraught with amateur errors like misplaced decimals. They are totally unserious and in no way a substitute for proper audits by qualified staff, like all those inspector generals that were fired for political reasons. I would prefer my tax dollars not spent on giving access to my personal data to Big Balls and his disruptive high school diploma antics modeled on the Trump/Musk way of doing business. Both are well known for simply not paying their bills.

 

[wiyosaya]

Anything like the 3.2Trillion demon-rats have stolen in just 4 short years

President Clinton, a Democrat, no less, balanced the budget with Republican help at the time.

Then in came G. "W." Bush, who, in his quest to destroy non-existent WMD, blew the US deficit out of the water. It's been a snowball gathering more and more debt from there with representatives constantly complaining about the deficit, but doing nothing about it.

Now we have a bunch of child hacks wielding chainsaws, without any understanding of what is wrong, making cuts that are making things even worse. What a perfect way to solve a problem.

 

[wiyosaya]

Are the findings of waste just water under the bridge subjectively speaking? Can we for once see something past our own bias and this is exactly what the majority wanted. Also if the left keeps painting their favorite swastika images on other people's Tesla's this will guarantee another loss for Democrats.

And to add to what @Beerfloat had to say about this: The findings of waste are far over-inflated to serve a political goal. And congress has been P&M'ing about the deficit for years, but, congress, which has the power to do something about it, has done absolutely nothing except in those rare cases passed laws, like tax cuts for the rich, that have exacerbated the situation, and after passing those laws, blame the problem on everyone else but themselves.

 

[wiyosaya]

Are the findings of waste just water under the bridge subjectively speaking? Can we for once see something past our own bias and this is exactly what the majority wanted. Also if the left keeps painting their favorite swastika images on other people's Tesla's this will guarantee another loss for Democrats.

Further, the "Doge squad" has found no evidence of fraud thus far - in their ability to access the personal data of US Citizens. That does not mean that no fraud will be found. IMO, what it does do is it emphasizes that this "Hunt for the Red Waste" is a politically motivated hunt by those who perceive a problem where none, or none of the perceived magnitude, exists - IMO.

Is this all an excuse for inaction? Or the hunt for a savior who "only he can fix it?"

Seriously, this reminds me of "W's" hunt for the non-existent WMDs. I fear the costs of this over-blown hunt will be far, far more than it saves.

 

[lonetac]

Are the findings of waste just water under the bridge subjectively speaking? Can we for once see something past our own bias and this is exactly what the majority wanted. Also if the left keeps painting their favorite swastika images on other people's Tesla's this will guarantee another loss for Democrats.

What waste? DOGE has walked back every statement they have ever made and havent reported one truth.

What fraud? If there was fraud, arrests and indictments would follow.

Youve been duped. Elon did fire five inspector generals that were already investigating him though. 100s of billions secured to pay for Elon's failed car company and pet space project. I found the waste we could cut.

Hello, not building one fighter jet could save us over 200million dollars and would revamp every IT system in the country but we cant do that.

Save it.

 

[Hexic]

Please don't attempt to give me any of your advise. Everything you say is crazy and rediculous.

I completely understand - common sense and objectivity can be scary in these times. Enjoy your echo chamber.

 

[godrilla]

What waste? DOGE has walked back every statement they have ever made and havent reported one truth.

What fraud? If there was fraud, arrests and indictments would follow.

Youve been duped. Elon did fire five inspector generals that were already investigating him though. 100s of billions secured to pay for Elon's failed car company and pet space project. I found the waste we could cut.

Hello, not building one fighter jet could save us over 200million dollars and would revamp every IT system in the country but we cant do that.

Save it.

The dedicated website. https://doge.gov/ says otherwise. Maybe they are too transparent for your liking?

 

[Impudicus]

Isn't this like saying Xfinity or ATT provided network services to, well, any number of the criminals that use their service?

 

[Kirby1]

I completely understand - common sense and objectivity can be scary in these times. Enjoy your echo chamber.

You are an ignorant and delusional person with no intelligence at all to justify the way you speak to people. None. You don't get to tell people they're in an echo chamber just because they don't listen to you, especially when you make it so abundantly clear that you have nothing of value to say to anyone.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

The dedicated website. https://doge.gov/ says otherwise. Maybe they are too transparent for your liking?

- Man, I really wish I could just make up my productivity numbers at work like DOGE and then ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE BELIEVE THEM UNIRONICALLY instead of having them independently verified and accounted for like normal functioning adults would expect.

Hey boss, I made the company *puts pinky to mouth* ONE MILLION DOLLARS today. And you know it's true, because I said so. I even have a website that says so.

 

[jpvalverde85]

Crocs and Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho FTW!

 

[godrilla]

- Man, I really wish I could just make up my productivity numbers at work like DOGE and then ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE BELIEVE THEM UNIRONICALLY instead of having them independently verified and accounted for like normal functioning adults would expect.

Hey boss, I made the company *puts pinky to mouth* ONE MILLION DOLLARS today. And you know it's true, because I said so. I even have a website that says so.

Vs. the leap of faith in the lack of transparency of the expenditure thus far. Trust me it's for good causes 35 billion dollars in debt and the trajectory is only getting worse. I guess if you got wet over the status quo and the iceberg this Titanic was heading for anything stearing the ship away from the crash course can be anxious and scawy!

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Vs. the leap of faith in the lack of transparency of the expenditure thus far. Trust me it's for good causes 35 billion dollars in debt and the trajectory is only getting worse. I guess if you got wet over the status quo and the iceberg this Titanic was heading for anything stearing the ship away from the crash course can be anxious and scawy!

- No, I simply demand proof rather than blind faith and vibes. If you simply believe without requiring proof, you might be in a cult and not even realize it.

 

[godrilla]

- No, I simply demand proof rather than blind faith and vibes. If you simply believe without requiring proof, you might be in a cult and not even realize it.

So demanding transparency on spending make me part of a cult of majority? Vs closing your eyes on everything thus far based on predetermined bias makes you not part of cult? If I part of cult based on your claims so are you. Yay everyone is part of some cult!

 

[lonetac]

The dedicated website. https://doge.gov/ says otherwise. Maybe they are too transparent for your liking?

the website doesnt highlight any fraud. If there is fraud, arrests would be made.

DOGE has walked back every finding and has been proven to be lying repeatedly. Have you not been paying attention?

Its simply cut things they dont like. Cutting is eliminating waste. I find it good to use our tax dollars to fund medical research, support veterans, fund medicaid for seniors, etc. Not cut them.

You just highlighted you are extremely misguided on what DOGE is doing and are simply defending something you dont understand or have not taken time to understand. A lot of folks are there, shall I start citing resources of all the mistakes and harm DOGE is doing? In fact, they are paying their 20 year old interns 6 figure salaries of our tax dollars.

As a hiring manager in cybersecurity, thats insane. Someone at that age doesnt have the knowledge or experience to be doing this. And explains as I predicted before it happened that they would violate PII data and data protection laws as it was just observed, thats exactly what they did recently as they got busted sending PII data in a manner that violates those laws, shocking.

 

[lonetac]

He's not, but he is the only president to allow a car salesman to gut car safety regulatory agencies that have filed complaints and lawsuits against his car company. That's literally all DOGE is about, cutting the red tape blocking Tesla from putting cars that have not passed safety tests on the road. If you think Musk cares about government efficiency then you cannot see the forest through the trees.

Musk’s cost-cutting team is laying off workers at the auto safety agency overseeing his car company

Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars.

www.nbcchicago.com

and now Elon is paying voters to move in his favor in Wisconsin so a supreme court justice can be appointed lifting the ban on Tesla dealerships in Wisconsin.

Its all about this and its so obvious and out in the open.

 

[lonetac]

The whole woke thing is just one more distraction to pull the wool over your eyes.

The US is the richest country in the world. It is also very efficient at funneling that wealth to ever fewer people. Trump says you're not doing so well, because of government inefficiency. Because of immigrants. Because of Canada. Because of the EU. Because woke and leftists.

It's all a bunch of crap. You deserve health care. Education. Infrastructure. Quality time with your family. Laws that apply to everyone equally. Trump has no solutions but to keep people preoccupied with irrelevant **** like woke. Don't be part of the problem.

Copy paste I saw from somewhere that really hits home.

Conservatives: your anger is valid. But it’s being hijacked.
You’re not losing your country because of “woke liberals.”
You’re losing it because the powerful need someone to blame — and they picked “them” instead of themselves.
Here’s how they fooled you:

>1. You feel like you’re being left behind — and you’re not wrong.
Wages suck. Everything costs more. Your job feels disposable. The world moves fast and doesn’t care how hard you work.
That’s real.
But the people who caused it? Aren’t drag queens or gender studies majors.

>2. They gave you a villain: “woke.”
They turned your real pain into a culture war.
Instead of fixing anything, they convinced you the problem is:
• Pronouns
• Trans kids
• College students
• Diversity
Why?
Because outrage is easier to sell, and it points the finger away from them.

>3. You’re angry at liberals because they look like the elite.
They have degrees. They read the news. They live in cities.
But those aren’t the people outsourcing your jobs, jacking up housing prices, or lobbying to keep your wages low.
The real elite are laughing — at all of us.

>4. You’ve been taught to hate what you don’t understand.
Not because you’re dumb.
Because fear is easy to sell.
Fear of immigrants. Of queer people. Of ideas you’ve never encountered.
And every time you get mad at “them,” you’re doing exactly what they want.
And it’s easier to throw hate at those you encounter in your community than billionaires you’ll never meet.

>5. “Woke” isn’t ruining your life — billionaires are.
They’re stripping your benefits, privatizing healthcare, making record profits while you fight each other online about bathrooms.
And while you’re arguing about flags or books, they’re buying your neighborhood.

>6. You’re not conservative anymore — you’re reactive.
You’ve been trained to respond to every issue with rage, sarcasm, or mockery.
Ask yourself: when was the last time you felt hopeful about a policy, a leader, or the future?
Because they don’t want you hopeful. They want you mad.

>7. The truth is: you’ve been lied to.
Not by your neighbors. Not by “the woke mob.”
But by the people who need your vote, your loyalty, and your outrage — to stay rich and powerful while your life stays hard.

>8. You deserve better.
You deserve healthcare.
You deserve a living wage.
You deserve to retire without fear.
You deserve truth, not distraction.
But to get that, you have to stop fighting the people who aren’t your enemy.

They told you the culture war was about values.
It’s not. It’s about control.
The more distracted you are, the less you’ll notice who’s robbing you.
And right now, you’re willing to hand them the keys to your poverty and cheering any libtards while you do it.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

So demanding transparency on spending make me part of a cult of majority? Vs closing your eyes on everything thus far based on predetermined bias makes you not part of cult? If I part of cult based on your claims so are you. Yay everyone is part of some cult!

- No, accepting unverified claims and passing them off as truth makes you part of a cult (we would have said "useful *****" back in the day but that hurts people's feelings now so have to soften the language).

 

[godrilla]

the website doesnt highlight any fraud. If there is fraud, arrests would be made.

DOGE has walked back every finding and has been proven to be lying repeatedly. Have you not been paying attention?

Its simply cut things they dont like. Cutting is eliminating waste. I find it good to use our tax dollars to fund medical research, support veterans, fund medicaid for seniors, etc. Not cut them.

You just highlighted you are extremely misguided on what DOGE is doing and are simply defending something you dont understand or have not taken time to understand. A lot of folks are there, shall I start citing resources of all the mistakes and harm DOGE is doing? In fact, they are paying their 20 year old interns 6 figure salaries of our tax dollars.

As a hiring manager in cybersecurity, thats insane. Someone at that age doesnt have the knowledge or experience to be doing this.

They are listing the itemized expenditure of the laundry list that can be viewed as waste. Whether it is considered fraud that would take time outside the average attention span of an online troll. We are about 1 quarter in, I guess the take home message is have some patience. If the average voter sees that itemized list as a waste of their contributed tax money then Imo they will likely vote away from the party that is supporting that waste.
The conspiracy theorists were proven right to be paranoid of the waste and bureaucracy. The collectivist on the other hand have no problem volunteering everyone else's freedom and property even after these truths.