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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James Liddell

‘Big Balls’ gave tech support to criminal group that cyberstalked an FBI agent, report says

Elon Musk’s teen protege, known online as “Big Balls,” provided tech support to a criminal gang that cyberstalked an FBI agent two years before working at the Department of Government Efficiency, a new report alleges.

Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old Northeastern University drop-out, is part of a group of young DOGE engineers who have been given access to critical computer systems as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to gut the federal government.

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