One other day, one other assault on Elon Musk’s DOGE workforce.
NPR, citing two nameless sources, reported that two DOGE staff gained accounts on labeled networks with nuclear secrets and techniques.
The networks are utilized by the Nationwide Safety Administration (NNSA) within the Division of Vitality (DOE).
“Two members of Elon Musk’s Division of Authorities Effectivity have been given accounts on labeled networks that maintain extremely guarded particulars about America’s nuclear weapons, two unbiased sources inform NPR,” the government-funded outlet reported.
“Luke Farritor, a 23-year-old former SpaceX intern, and Adam Ramada, a Miami-based enterprise capitalist, have had accounts on the pc methods for at the very least two weeks, in accordance with the sources who even have entry to the networks. Previous to their work at DOGE, neither Farritor nor Ramada seem to have had expertise with both nuclear weapons or dealing with labeled info,” NPR reported.
The Division of Vitality instructed NPR their reporting on this story was false.
“This reporting is fake. No DOGE personnel have accessed these NNSA methods. The 2 DOGE people in query labored throughout the company for a number of days and departed DOE in February,” a DOE spox instructed NPR.
NPR claimed the 2 sources noticed Farritor and Ramada within the listing however that doesn’t imply they’ve entry to delicate nuclear secrets and techniques.
CNN reported a model of this story in February.
“Farritor was granted entry to primary IT together with e mail and Microsoft 365, one of many individuals stated. The chief info workplace solely does a small quantity of IT and cybersecurity work for the Nationwide Nuclear Safety Administration, they stated, together with offering connectivity and working primary web providers for NNSA’s headquarters. It doesn’t run IT methods for the nuclear company’s labs controlling the nation’s nuclear stockpile,” CNN reported earlier this 12 months.
CNBC additionally floated this bogus story in February.
Secretary of Vitality Chris Wright set the file straight.
“I’ve heard these rumors. They’re like seeing our nuclear secrets and techniques. None of that’s true in any respect,” Chris Wright instructed CNBC earlier this 12 months.
