CNN Runs Segment on Government ‘Expert’ Known as ‘Big Balls’

BURNETT Now your latest ░░░░░░░░ is a 19 it ░░░░░░░░ on a 19 year ░░░░░░░░ software engineer working at ░░░░░░░░ someone whose past associations ░░░░░░░░ you have looked into ░░░░░░░░ that they are at ░░░░░░░░ would call into question ░░░░░░░░ a background check Of ░░░░░░░░ that hasn t happened ░░░░░░░░ these cases but would ░░░░░░░░ happen in a case ░░░░░░░░ access like this DRUMMOND ░░░░░░░░ would hope yes So ░░░░░░░░ is a 19 year ░░░░░░░░ high school graduate who ░░░░░░░░ used the unfortunate nickname ░░░░░░░░ Balls online So that ░░░░░░░░ be one way that ░░░░░░░░ could refer to him ░░░░░░░░ is now working at ░░░░░░░░ s behest inside DOGE ░░░░░░░░ we looked into his ░░░░░░░░ And so we found ░░░░░░░░ know several notable things ░░░░░░░░ one of which is ░░░░░░░░ this individual has founded ░░░░░░░░ companies including one with ░░░░░░░░ unfortunate name Tesla Sexy ░░░░░░░░ which he established in ░░░░░░░░ He would have been ░░░░░░░░ 16 years old Now ░░░░░░░░ LLC controls dozens of ░░░░░░░░ domains a handful of ░░░░░░░░ are registered to Russia ░░░░░░░░ that in and of ░░░░░░░░ is not necessarily illegal ░░░░░░░░ every expert we spoke ░░░░░░░░ said that that is ░░░░░░░░ the kind of thing ░░░░░░░░ kinds of foreign connections ░░░░░░░░ would raise red flags ░░░░░░░░ a background check Now ░░░░░░░░ also worked at a ░░░░░░░░ monitoring firm that is ░░░░░░░░ for hiring reformed black ░░░░░░░░ hackers essentially criminals And ░░░░░░░░ we uncovered Telegram messages ░░░░░░░░ we ve linked to ░░░░░░░░ individual in which that ░░░░░░░░ user is soliciting a ░░░░░░░░ attack for hire so ░░░░░░░░ looking for someone to ░░░░░░░░ a cyber attack at ░░░░░░░░ behest BURNETT And Telegram ░░░░░░░░ course is heavily used ░░░░░░░░ Russia I mean it ░░░░░░░░ a definitional social media ░░░░░░░░ there DRUMMOND Of course ░░░░░░░░ So Kara you know ░░░░░░░░ hear this and you ░░░░░░░░ known Elon Musk for ░░░░░░░░ So now you look ░░░░░░░░ these young men who ░░░░░░░░ now in data and ░░░░░░░░ the private information about ░░░░░░░░ hundreds of millions of ░░░░░░░░ citizens as young as ░░░░░░░░ the Big Balls here ░░░░░░░░ Katie is talking about ░░░░░░░░ most of them are ░░░░░░░░ their early 20s There ░░░░░░░░ an exception I m ░░░░░░░░ to get to in ░░░░░░░░ minute I m curious ░░░░░░░░ Kara how well does ░░░░░░░░ Musk know these young ░░░░░░░░ do you think SWISHER ░░░░░░░░ have no idea I ░░░░░░░░ there is no vetting ░░░░░░░░ as you can see ░░░░░░░░ s taken place It ░░░░░░░░ Katie and the really ░░░░░░░░ team at Wired has ░░░░░░░░ an astonishing job here ░░░░░░░░ know I could make ░░░░░░░░ joke that s probably ░░░░░░░░ he was hired for ░░░░░░░░ this ridiculous nonsense and ░░░░░░░░ nefarious things But you ░░░░░░░░ there s an expression ░░░░░░░░ technology It s not ░░░░░░░░ it s a feature ░░░░░░░░ a bug This this ░░░░░░░░ what they do They ░░░░░░░░ careless I don t ░░░░░░░░ any bit of them ░░░░░░░░ they say they vetted ░░░░░░░░ people And they just ░░░░░░░░ are people that will ░░░░░░░░ to whatever Elon says ░░░░░░░░ do whatever he wants ░░░░░░░░ thinks it s a ░░░░░░░░ to do this and ░░░░░░░░ funny And so they ░░░░░░░░ willing to do things ░░░░░░░░ adults wouldn t be ░░░░░░░░ to do or cross ░░░░░░░░ that they wouldn t ░░░░░░░░ He wants these malleable ░░░░░░░░ men in particular in ░░░░░░░░ to do this And ░░░░░░░░ think its fun and ░░░░░░░░ probably is for them ░░░░░░░░ know being able to ░░░░░░░░ out with Elon Musk ░░░░░░░░ you know take down ░░░░░░░░ agencies for them And ░░░░░░░░ arrogance is massive and ░░░░░░░░ ignorance is even bigger ░░░░░░░░ It is truly incredible.”