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Who is the DOGE and X Technician Branden Spikes?

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Feed Name: Krebs on Security

Date Published: 2025-03-07

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: BrianKrebs

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This article profiles Branden Spikes—long-time technologist associated with Elon Musk at Zip2, PayPal, SpaceX, and X/Twitter—highlighting reports of his brief volunteer work with the Musk-led DOGE initiative and detailing personal connections through his ex-wife to Russian-American organizations and related domain registrations. It explores organizational affiliations, public records, and media reports but does not provide technical cybersecurity indicators, malware/vulnerability analysis, or details of a specific cyber incident.

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