Comment by ceejayoz
8 months ago
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-staffer-big-balls-prov...
> 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 and cyberstalking an FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters.
> Reuters could not independently verify EGodly's boasts of cybercriminal activity
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Didn't you get a pretty good answer - from a Federal court - last time you asked the same question? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43557456
It’s a common mistake to think that folks like the parent commenter are trying to engage in an intellectually honest discussion.
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I looked through the filing cited in this comment and every instance of the word "background" just says that backgrounds for a given employee are either complete or in progress, plus the quote. Nothing indicates anyone failed any background check (to the contrary just by count it seems like about half of them have been completed), and certainly nothing indicates that "most of them could never pass" one. Which again just by virtue of about half of them having been completed already seems to be false on its face.
It's not unusual to give an otherwise-qualified person limited access to certain data while their background checks are completed.
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Is the article unclear? Would people who collaborate with known criminal groups pass basic background checks?
Granted, the sample size is low, but it doesn't look likely the rest of the gang would be any different.
One staffer is not "most of them". The article in no way supportes the claim.
a basic background check would invalidate someone with the described background.
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