15 Yr/Olds Attack Big Balls DOGE Hacker
15 year olds attack Big Balls DOGE Hacker
Two 15-year-olds have been charged with unarmed carjacking after allegedly attacking Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, the 19-year-old software engineer and former Neuralink intern who became a prominent figure in the Trump administration’s cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
According to reports citing local authorities, Coristine — who left DOGE in June but quickly returned to federal service at the Social Security Administration to help improve the agency’s website — was with a female friend around 3 a.m. Sunday in Washington’s Logan Circle when a circle of roughly 10 teens approached their car and made comments about taking it. He reportedly pushed the woman into the car for her safety before confronting the mob, which then attacked him until police drove up, called to the scene by Coristine’s companion, who’d phoned 911.
Ex-DOGE staffer allegedly injured in attempted carjacking – leading Trump to float federal takeover of D.C.
Former DOGE staffer Edward Coristine was allegedly assaulted over the weekend, CBS News has confirmed.
Per the article above; Former Department of Government Efficiency staffer Edward Coristine was allegedly assaulted in an attempted carjacking in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, according to police records obtained by CBS News — an incident that led President Trump to threaten to put the nation’s capital under federal control.
Nineteen-year-old Coristine — who is known for his online moniker “Big Balls” — was allegedly surrounded and assaulted by a group of approximately 10 teenagers near his car early Sunday morning, according to a report from the Metropolitan Police Department. Two 15-year-olds were arrested and charged with unarmed carjacking.
Coristine and his significant other later told police that they “saw the suspects approach and make a comment about taking the vehicle,” and “for her safety, he pushed his significant other … into the vehicle and turned to deal with the suspects,” the police report said. Police officers who were patrolling the area spotted the incident and stepped out of their cruiser, leading most of the teens to flee on foot, but two of the assailants were stopped, identified by Coristine and arrested.
The two arrestees were identified by police only as a 15-year-old male and a 15-year-old female from Hyattsville, Maryland. Police said in a statement that “multiple suspects remain outstanding.”
DOGE Big Balls Ransomware Attack – What You Need To Know
A new ransomware attack called DOGE Big Balls uses political conspiracy theories to wrongfoot law enforcement.
DOGE Big Balls Ransomware Attack — What You Need To Know
Per the above article: If you think the threat from ransomware attackers is all but over, then you are very wrong indeed. While the amount paid in ransoms is declining the attacks themselves are not only surging but evolving fast. With new ransomware groups employing tools to brute force VPN and firewall passwords, old groups wanting to make friends with the FBI, and some even, I kid you not, moving the ransomware threat to snail mail, the danger is far from over.
An April 14 report from threat intelligence platform Cyble, has detailed how one ransomware group is leveraging provocative political commentary, conspiracy theory, and even the name and address of a high-profile individual within the Department Of Government Efficiency to manipulate, misattribute and draw attention while sowing the seeds of confusion. That ransomware threat is called DOGE Big Balls.
Although the ransomware payload itself is a highly-customized version of an existing malware threat known as Fog, the threat actors behind the latest attacks have renamed their threat to DOGE Big Balls Ransomware, likely to attract media attention and stand out from the crowd. Mea culpa, it’s working. It’s relatively basic in attack methodology, leveraging a ZIP file with a deceptive shortcut that ultimately executes a multi-stage Windows Powershell infection chain. A known vulnerability, CVE-2015-2291, is exploited to get the necessary kernel-level access to enable privilege escalation. Where things get more unusual, however, is that the ransomware scripts include political commentary and conspiracy theory in the code.
