Elon Musk’s Government Takeover

Plus: Are the conflicts of interest criminal?

A 19-year-old who was previously fired for sharing confidential information and is linked to disturbing website redirects now has access to your private information.

He’s just one of around 30 people working at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Edward Coristine, who goes by “Big Balls” on a now-deleted LinkedIn account (and as @Edwardbigballer on X), appears to have graduated from high school not long ago and was reportedly fired from an internship at a cybersecurity company because he leaked internal intel to a rival group.

Coristine’s LinkedIn is now deleted, but Wired reports that he started at least five different companies in the last four years. One of the companies is Tesla.Sexy LLC.

Coristine is listed as the founder and CEO of the company, and it controls dozens of internet domains, including two registered in Russia. One Russian domain is now defunct, but the other is active and it offers a service that is marketed to Discord users in Russia. Discord is a messaging app popular among gamers.