DOGE staffer allegedly ran company providing services to hacking group

Breaking into law enforcement accounts

Crimes EGodly boasted it had carried out include cryptocurrency theft, phone number hijacking, and breaking into law enforcement email accounts, Reuters said. The group also circulated personal details of an FBI agent it believed was investigating it, and engaged in swatting, the practice of calling armed police to a target’s house on false pretenses as a form of intimidation.

This is not the first time Coristine’s past has been questioned. In February Bloomberg reported that he was fired in 2022 by cybersecurity company Path Network for allegedly “leaking proprietary information.” Separately, it has been reported that Coristine was associated with a Telegram/Discord cybercriminal social network called ‘The Com.’

However, for now, the allegations against him are just that — allegations. He has not commented on any of them.