Jenna McLaughlin
Cybersecurity Correspondent at NPR
@NPR cybersecurity correspondent. 🎤🤖 Was: @YahooNews, @CNN, @ForeignPolicy etc. Email: [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
nhpr.org | Stephen Fowler |Jenna McLaughlin
The inspector general for the National Labor Relations Board is investigating the ad hoc Department of Government Efficiency's interaction with the NLRB following NPR's exclusive reporting about sensitive data leaving the agency. The investigation was first reported by FedScoop, which filed records requests for information related to allegations made by IT staffer Daniel Berulis in an official whistleblower disclosure last month.
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1 month ago |
nhpr.org | Geoff Brumfiel |Jenna McLaughlin
Updated April 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM EDTTwo members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency were given accounts on classified networks that hold highly guarded details about America's nuclear weapons, two sources tell NPR. Luke Farritor, a 23-year-old former SpaceX intern, and Adam Ramada, a Miami-based venture capitalist, have had accounts on the computer systems for at least two weeks, according to the sources who also have access to the networks.
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1 month ago |
wgbh.org | Jenna McLaughlin
April 15, 2025 In the first days of March, a team of advisers from President Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the Southeast Washington, D.C., headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board. The small, independent federal agency investigates and adjudicates complaints about unfair labor practices. It stores reams of potentially sensitive data, from confidential information about employees who want to form unions to proprietary business information.
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1 month ago |
michiganpublic.org | Jenna McLaughlin
When a team of advisers from President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board, IT employees at the small, independent agency quickly became worried, according to a whistleblower declaration filed with Congress and shared with NPR. The NLRB investigates and adjudicates complaints about unfair labor practices.
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2 months ago |
npr.org | Stephen Fowler |Jenna McLaughlin
Recent court filings have shed more light on Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency within the Trump administration. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images The DOGE staffer who resigned from his post over old racist tweets — and who broke data-sharing rules, an audit found — has been rehired to work with sensitive data at several federal agencies.
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FBI tells me they're "aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains. None of the threats have determined to be credible so far."
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the non-credible threats that briefly disrupted voting at two Georgia polling places originated from Russia. “We identified the source; it was from Russia," he says.
