[cantSpellSober]

Yes unfortunately this is much more specific than "cyber researchers interacting with cybercriminals"

> Coristine was fired from a company after leaking internal firm secrets to a competitor

...and now has physical access to building facilities at CISA

[keepamovin]

I don't know, in those situations how can you tell? Based off of this reporting it's not conclusive. May have just been a junior they landed blame on for some issues with competitors?

[cantSpellSober]

Sure, maybe the teenage hacker was acting in good faith.

> Based off of this reporting it's not conclusive.

The (linked in article) Krebs article is pretty damning, including screenshots of why he was fired.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/teen-on-musks-doge-team-...