'Really disturbing': DOGE whistleblower describes ominous threat he received at his home

15 April

CNN host Jake Tapper and government whistleblower Daniel Berulis on CNN on April 15, 2025 (Image: Screengrab via CNN / YouTube)

Federal whistleblower Daniel Berulis worked in the National Labor Relations Board's IT department before sharing news of a data data breach that was allegedly the fault of engineers affiliated with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk' Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Berulis is now apparently receiving threats at his home.

“You ... told our producer that shortly after sharing your concerns about a potential breach, that you received a threat at your home, including photographs. What did the photographs show, and was there a message?” CNN anchor Jake Tapper asked.

“The message was clear, although poorly constructed,” said Berulis in his first TV interview as a government whistleblower. “It was to stop, to stop looking, stop reporting. The pictures were of me walking my dog, from above, basically.”

The photos were not taken by satellite, Berulis said, but appeared to be taken by drone.

“What's really disturbing about all of this is that we had somebody literally either themselves or have somebody go to Dan's home and tape a threatening note, a menacing note, that included a lot of personal information,” said Berulis’ attorney Andrew Bakaj. “There was a clear reference to his whistleblowing activities ahead of our filing, and now this image basically threatening him as he's walking his dog.”

Berulis claims DOGE team members facilitated a data breach at labor board, saying he witnessed several anomalies in DOGE’s handling of security. DOGE employees created heir own accounts with connections to NLRB and within 15 minutes of those accounts being created, he said “somebody or something” from Russia tried logging in with the correct name and the correct passwords. Bakaj told Tapper the hacking entity attempted to log in with correct credentials more than 20 times.

In addition, Bakaj told Tapper DOGE employees also made the mistake of using Elon Musks’ Starlink satellite connection to transfer data, which he believes is heavily compromised by Russian intelligence.

“From our understanding, Russia has a direct pipeline through Starlink, which means everything going through Starlink is going to Russia,” Bakaj said, adding this potentially includes nuclear regulatory material.

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