Jonathan Goll
@jonathangoll.bsky.social
Husband & father 🤵♂️👨🍼
Former Fed, current Googler 🇺🇸💻
Washed 35+ Sunday leaguer ⚾️
Former Fed, current Googler 🇺🇸💻
Washed 35+ Sunday leaguer ⚾️
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EXCLUSIVE: Not only does an Excel spreadsheet of Trump mentions in the Epstein files exist, but so do training videos explaining how to flag the files for Trump mentions. Plus, the number of people who had access is larger than previously known. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
The Epstein Cover-Up at the FBI
Inside the chaotic review process of the Epstein and Maxwell files at the Bureau
www.muellershewrote.com
July 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Not only does an Excel spreadsheet of Trump mentions in the Epstein files exist, but so do training videos explaining how to flag the files for Trump mentions. Plus, the number of people who had access is larger than previously known. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
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Salt Typhoon "has breached network devices at locations on the internet that are owned by the seven companies, including the American telecom and media firm Comcast Corp..." Bloomberg reports:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Chinese Group Hacks ‘Edge’ Devices in Ongoing Telecom Targeting
A Chinese hacking group has continued to target phone and wireless providers around the world, compromising devices tied to seven telecommunications companies since February, according to a bulletin t...
www.bloomberg.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Salt Typhoon "has breached network devices at locations on the internet that are owned by the seven companies, including the American telecom and media firm Comcast Corp..." Bloomberg reports:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Breaking: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem just sent all of her employees an email, "Reshaping of the DHS Workforce," about three options for staff to leave: resignation, retirement, or buyouts.
This appears to be part of DHS's Reduction In Force plan.
This appears to be part of DHS's Reduction In Force plan.
April 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Breaking: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem just sent all of her employees an email, "Reshaping of the DHS Workforce," about three options for staff to leave: resignation, retirement, or buyouts.
This appears to be part of DHS's Reduction In Force plan.
This appears to be part of DHS's Reduction In Force plan.
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Text of DHS-wide “Reshaping of the DHS Workforce” email sent to all of DHS from Secretary Noem:
April 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Text of DHS-wide “Reshaping of the DHS Workforce” email sent to all of DHS from Secretary Noem:
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Confirming other reports: CISA is expected to initiate efforts to significantly reduce its workforce in the coming days, including vast cuts to its industry contracting teams, according to four people familiar with the moves. w/ @notamazonalexa.bsky.social
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
CISA to make comprehensive staff cuts in coming days, people familiar say
The nation’s premier cybersecurity agency, which sits in the Department of Homeland Security, has been in the Trump administration’s crosshairs for some time.
www.nextgov.com
April 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Confirming other reports: CISA is expected to initiate efforts to significantly reduce its workforce in the coming days, including vast cuts to its industry contracting teams, according to four people familiar with the moves. w/ @notamazonalexa.bsky.social
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
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Big cuts are coming soon to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, per multiple reports, including layoffs of roughly a third of the workforce (Politico says much more) and terminations of major threat-hunting contracts.
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April 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Big cuts are coming soon to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, per multiple reports, including layoffs of roughly a third of the workforce (Politico says much more) and terminations of major threat-hunting contracts.
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More sunlight in this please. We’re in the endgame now.
CISA is bracing for major staff cuts, possibly affecting a 1/3 of the headcount, two sources tell me.
things could change, but the expectation is for employees to first receive a second "Fork in the Road" email soon. then, the agency might pursue RIFs at a later date.
www.axios.com/2025/04/04/c...
things could change, but the expectation is for employees to first receive a second "Fork in the Road" email soon. then, the agency might pursue RIFs at a later date.
www.axios.com/2025/04/04/c...
The country's top cyber agency is expected to significantly slash its headcount
The cuts are likely to impact "every single part of the agency," a source told Axios.
www.axios.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
More sunlight in this please. We’re in the endgame now.
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Top cyber Democrat on House Homeland Security Committee Eric Swalwell suggests government contractors could be deployed to conduct offensive cyber operations against foreign adversaries:
www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
Contractors could hack back against adversaries, top cyber Democrat says
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., said the federal government can’t protect everyone and the concept of asking private sector security companies to conduct offensive cyber operations is worth exploring.
www.nextgov.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Top cyber Democrat on House Homeland Security Committee Eric Swalwell suggests government contractors could be deployed to conduct offensive cyber operations against foreign adversaries:
www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
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I wrote a piece on China’s evolution into a bigger, more sophisticated and more threatening cyber power over the past decade, and particularly in the last few years. I also look at the pivotal role played by China’s private sector ecosystem in that shift. www.economist.com/china/2025/0...
Chinese hacking is becoming bigger, better and stealthier
Experts say it is the main shift in the cyber-threat landscape in a decade
www.economist.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I wrote a piece on China’s evolution into a bigger, more sophisticated and more threatening cyber power over the past decade, and particularly in the last few years. I also look at the pivotal role played by China’s private sector ecosystem in that shift. www.economist.com/china/2025/0...
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The Pentagon is about to brief Elon Musk on the US military’s plan for a potential war with China.
This means that Musk now has access to the country’s most important military secrets.
This means that Musk now has access to the country’s most important military secrets.
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The Pentagon is about to brief Elon Musk on the US military’s plan for a potential war with China.
This means that Musk now has access to the country’s most important military secrets.
This means that Musk now has access to the country’s most important military secrets.
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NEW: CISA employees are scared, angry, and worried about how Trump's cuts and policies are weakening their agency.
Partnerships are strained, leadership is bowing to Trump, and layoffs & other departures have left worrisome gaps.
My @wired.com story: www.wired.com/story/inside...
Partnerships are strained, leadership is bowing to Trump, and layoffs & other departures have left worrisome gaps.
My @wired.com story: www.wired.com/story/inside...
March 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NEW: CISA employees are scared, angry, and worried about how Trump's cuts and policies are weakening their agency.
Partnerships are strained, leadership is bowing to Trump, and layoffs & other departures have left worrisome gaps.
My @wired.com story: www.wired.com/story/inside...
Partnerships are strained, leadership is bowing to Trump, and layoffs & other departures have left worrisome gaps.
My @wired.com story: www.wired.com/story/inside...
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Chilling at home on Friday eve, you get a call from the FBI. A voice asks for your personal email to send a link. What would you do?
It sounded like a Microsoft scam, said a GM we spoke to. He told them: "Go f-yourself, I'm not going to click on a link, you must think I'm an idiot." reg.cx/4g8F
It sounded like a Microsoft scam, said a GM we spoke to. He told them: "Go f-yourself, I'm not going to click on a link, you must think I'm an idiot." reg.cx/4g8F
This is the FBI. China's Volt Typhoon is on your network
Power utility GM talks to El Reg about getting that call and what happened next
reg.cx
March 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Chilling at home on Friday eve, you get a call from the FBI. A voice asks for your personal email to send a link. What would you do?
It sounded like a Microsoft scam, said a GM we spoke to. He told them: "Go f-yourself, I'm not going to click on a link, you must think I'm an idiot." reg.cx/4g8F
It sounded like a Microsoft scam, said a GM we spoke to. He told them: "Go f-yourself, I'm not going to click on a link, you must think I'm an idiot." reg.cx/4g8F
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Teenage DOGE worker Edward Coristine is grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov who was an officer in Line X - the technical espionage division of the KGB. Martynov became a double agent after FBI recruited him and began feeding Soviet secrets to the Bureau
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...
Prominent DOGE Staffer Is Grandson Of Turncoat KGB Spy
Edward “Big Balls” Coristine happens to be the descendant of Valery Martynov, a KGB agent who spied for the US.
www.jacobsilverman.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Teenage DOGE worker Edward Coristine is grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov who was an officer in Line X - the technical espionage division of the KGB. Martynov became a double agent after FBI recruited him and began feeding Soviet secrets to the Bureau
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...
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First in Politico: A coalition of bipartisan state secretaries of state are urging the Trump admin. not to cut key election security programs at CISA, such as cyber and physical security assessments, currently on pause and pending review. More for Pros: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
POLITICO Pro: Bipartisan state leaders urge Noem to keep CISA election security services
The National Association of Secretaries of State laid out services used by states to enhance election security in a letter to DHS.
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February 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
First in Politico: A coalition of bipartisan state secretaries of state are urging the Trump admin. not to cut key election security programs at CISA, such as cyber and physical security assessments, currently on pause and pending review. More for Pros: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
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Scoop: Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old staffer in billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency with a reported history of interacting with hacking groups, has been given physical access to CISA with a DHS email.
February 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Scoop: Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old staffer in billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency with a reported history of interacting with hacking groups, has been given physical access to CISA with a DHS email.
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Senior DHS official: CISA has terminated federally funded activities supporting the Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
February 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Senior DHS official: CISA has terminated federally funded activities supporting the Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
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The idea that CISA was ever in the "censorship" business or part of the "censorship industrial complex" was complete nonsense made up by the likes of Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger, and then laundered by Jim Jordan.
CISA coordinates important sharing of info on security threats.
CISA coordinates important sharing of info on security threats.
Finally got DHS to comment on putting election security folks on leave. Worth noting that CISA does *very* little mis/disinfo work, and none of the election security employees I know of placed on leave did, unless you count "sharing accurate information about elections" as engaging in that mission.
February 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The idea that CISA was ever in the "censorship" business or part of the "censorship industrial complex" was complete nonsense made up by the likes of Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger, and then laundered by Jim Jordan.
CISA coordinates important sharing of info on security threats.
CISA coordinates important sharing of info on security threats.
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New: Salt Typhoon may have targeted U.S. universities in an effort to access research in areas related to telecommunications and other technologies, according to findings from Recorded Future out today:
www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
Salt Typhoon hackers possibly targeted telecom research at US universities
Recorded Future’s latest findings shed light on how widespread the Salt Typhoon campaign has become since it was uncovered last year.
www.nextgov.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New: Salt Typhoon may have targeted U.S. universities in an effort to access research in areas related to telecommunications and other technologies, according to findings from Recorded Future out today:
www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
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Scoop: Up until very recently, OPM didn’t have the capability to send mass emails to all civilian federal employees, fueling concerns the agency bypassed cyber procurement rules before its recent mass email test to government employees:
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
OPM’s new email system sparks questions about cyber compliance
Until very recently, the Office of Personnel Management lacked the capability to send mass emails to all federal employees, a person familiar said, fueling concerns that the agency bypassed procuremen...
www.nextgov.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Scoop: Up until very recently, OPM didn’t have the capability to send mass emails to all civilian federal employees, fueling concerns the agency bypassed cyber procurement rules before its recent mass email test to government employees:
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
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Really interesting read on the ongoing craziness happening with underseas internet cables:
www.counteroffensive.news/p/shadowing-...
www.counteroffensive.news/p/shadowing-...
Shadowing Russian hybrid warfare ships in the Baltic Sea
The cutting of underway cables in Europe indicate a shadow war between Russia and NATO is already underway. We joined a Lithuanian naval patrol seeking to push back against Russia’s tricks.
www.counteroffensive.news
January 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Really interesting read on the ongoing craziness happening with underseas internet cables:
www.counteroffensive.news/p/shadowing-...
www.counteroffensive.news/p/shadowing-...