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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://infosec.exchange/users/briankrebs/statuses/114089217040933099">BrianKrebs (briankrebs@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 06:16:14 JST</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs" title="briankrebs@infosec.exchange"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/21764-48-20231108132353.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="BrianKrebs" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">BrianKrebs</a></section><article><p>I've been looking at the background of Branden Spikes, the senior member of DOGE who is director of IT over at X (his OG email is b@x.com).</p><p>Prior to joining up with Musk, Spikes ran a company called Spikes Browser, which tried to create a sandboxed browser environment. I met Branden in DC in 2013, and I actually used Spikes for a short while. </p><p>It seems that Branden used to be married to a woman named Natalia Haldeman (she went by Natalia Spikes then). Records published by ProPublica show that Ms. Haldeman is the CEO of a nonprofit called the California Russia Foundation.</p><p><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/452775704" rel="nofollow">https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/452775704</a></p><p><a href="https://unicourt.com/case/ca-la2-branden-spikes-vs-natalia-haldeman-855382?init_S=c_relc#dockets" rel="nofollow">https://unicourt.com/case/ca-la2-branden-spikes-vs-natalia-haldeman-855382?init_S=c_relc#dockets</a></p><p>When I search in the breach tracking service Constella Intelligence for spikes.com, I find tons of Yandex profiles for people in Russia who have spikes.com email addresses (all phonenumbers@spikes.com).</p><p>Going to keep poking at this.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4656738#notice-9115506">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-03-02T06:16:14+09:00" title="Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 06:16:14 JST">about 2 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/114089217040933099" rel="external" title="Sent from infosec.exchange via ActivityPub">infosec.exchange</a></span></span><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/114089217040933099">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/35500">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4225110">Branden Spike's profile page on X says« Branden Spikes @ x
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and @Astra through to IPO or orbit. Currently leading IT at @X
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Wow, | got my old email address back, which used to get ~1,000 spam
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BrianKrebs (briankrebs@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 06:16:14 JST BrianKrebs
I've been looking at the background of Branden Spikes, the senior member of DOGE who is director of IT over at X (his OG email is b@x.com).
Prior to joining up with Musk, Spikes ran a company called Spikes Browser, which tried to create a sandboxed browser environment. I met Branden in DC in 2013, and I actually used Spikes for a short while.
It seems that Branden used to be married to a woman named Natalia Haldeman (she went by Natalia Spikes then). Records published by ProPublica show that Ms. Haldeman is the CEO of a nonprofit called the California Russia Foundation.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/452775704
https://unicourt.com/case/ca-la2-branden-spikes-vs-natalia-haldeman-855382?init_S=c_relc#dockets
When I search in the breach tracking service Constella Intelligence for spikes.com, I find tons of Yandex profiles for people in Russia who have spikes.com email addresses (all phonenumbers@spikes.com).
Going to keep poking at this.
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