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Who is the DOGE and X Technician Branden Spikes?

March 6, 2025 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, branden spikes, california russian association, congress of russian americans, constellation of humanity, cyberinc, department of government efficiency, diana fishman, donald j. trump, elon musk, inc., ivan y. podvalov, jacqueline sweet, maye musk, natalia haldeman, natalia spikes, radaris, reeve haldeman, russian american media, russian heritage foundation, russian orthodox church outside of russia, scott haldeman, spacex, spikes security, u.s. digital service

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:54:40 +0000

At 49, Branden Spikes isn’t just one of the oldest technologists who has been involved in Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As the current director of information technology at X/Twitter and an early hire at PayPal, Zip2, Tesla and SpaceX, Spikes is also among Musk’s most loyal employees. Here’s a closer look at this trusted Musk lieutenant, whose Russian ex-wife was once married to Elon’s cousin.

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Trump 2.0 Brings Cuts to Cyber, Consumer Protections

February 28, 2025 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, bruce schneier, bybit, christopher stanley, Coinbase, conservative political action conference, consumer financial protection bureau, cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, davi ottenheimer, department of government efficiency, department of homeland security, Department of Justice, edward coristine, gavin kliger, global investigative journalism network, hunter labs, internal revenue service, jacob silverman, jacob williams, katie arrington, kleptocapture task force, kleptocracy asset recovery initiative, Latest Warnings, leland dudek, lizardstresser, michelle king, natalya martynova, national institute of standards and technology, national treasury employees union, office of management and budget, office of personnel management, organized crime and corruption reporting project, president donald trump, project 2025, rep. andy ogles, russia's war on ukraine, sean cairncross, social security administration, starlink, The Coming Storm, treasury department, u.s. agency for international development, u.s. foreign corrupt practices act, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, valery martynov, vladimir putin, volodymyr zelensky

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 23:02:14 +0000

One month into his second term, President Trump’s actions to shrink the government through mass layoffs, firings and withholding funds allocated by Congress have thrown federal cybersecurity and consumer protection programs into disarray. At the same time, agencies are battling an ongoing effort by the world’s richest man to wrest control over their networks and data.