DOGE official at DOJ bragged about hacking, distributing pirated software
Summary
Christopher Stanley, a senior advisor at the DOJ and former SpaceX engineer, previously ran websites promoting hacking, piracy, and video game cheats under aliases like "Reneg4d3."
Archived posts show he bragged about exploits and posted a 2014 video of a database breach.
Despite his past, Stanley holds a security clearance, and Attorney General Pam Bondi expressed full confidence in him.
Critics argue his history poses national security risks. His old websites disappeared after Reuters began investigating.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/doge-official-doj-bragged-about-hacking-distributing-pirated-software-2025-04-02/Open linkView original on lemmy.world
5 replies
Yeah this is like the least concerning thing I've heard. No one gives a shit if some dude downloaded TV shows or pirated some games. That's like 80% of the engineers I work with.
Being part of a cracking scene is not seen as a negative at all by many people.
It's only ethical to steal from corpos, not the fucking starving grandmas!
In normal times you could filter these peoole out by it running past one decent person. Now we have nothing decent in the chain
Sounds like a cool dude