Jake Bleiberg

Cybersecurity and hacking reporter for @business | [email protected] | Signal: JakeBleiberg.24 | Proud @AP alum

[Jake Bleiberg @JZBleiberg]

@drjoshcsimmons I'm so sorry for your loss. Would you be open to an introductory conversation? Signal in my bio.

[Jake Bleiberg @JZBleiberg]

@business If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, a global list of helplines is available at https://t.co/zXMmSCbpNv.

[Jake Bleiberg @JZBleiberg]

This is Tech. Sgt. Kevin Stallings, an Air Force intelligence officer who took his own life in June, the month before he’d have turned 37.

@business has been reporting on military hackers' suicides, and Stallings' family told me his story to help draw attention to the issue.

[Jake Bleiberg @JZBleiberg]

But Tech. Sgt. Kevin Stallings' family still have questions.

I wish I'd been able to answer more of them, and we're going to keep reporting.

Thank you to Adam and James Stallings for trusting me, and @business, with telling Kevin's story, and for sharing the photos of him.

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Come work with me at the @washingtonsun as our newsroom grows again.

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[Nicole Perlroth @nicoleperlroth]

Every American needs to read this @Bloomberg @JZBleiberg story on a spate of SUICIDES by cyber specialists at NSA+ Cyber Command this year. 11(!) this past year. What makes this esp. disturbing to me is the previous leader, Gen. Tim Haugh, was beloved, took culture very seriously, and this administration just “Laura Loomered” him. Now this. A national shame. https://t.co/d3A5uxbydI

[Jake Bleiberg @JZBleiberg]

@business If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, a global list of helplines is available at https://t.co/zXMmSCbpNv.

[Jake Bleiberg @JZBleiberg]

New: At least 11 National Security Agency and US Cyber Command workers died by suicide over roughly the past year, according to US officials and public records, a greater number than previously known.

https://t.co/oqvZMPl7mn

[Jake Bleiberg @JZBleiberg]

@business The suicides have caused military commanders to take steps to control long work hours and make more mental health support available to intelligence officers and government hackers whose workload has surged in the past year because of foreign conflicts.

https://t.co/SvVoHcnC5G

[Jake Bleiberg @JZBleiberg]

@business If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, a global list of helplines is available at https://t.co/zXMmSCbpNv.

[Jake Bleiberg @JZBleiberg]

The unusual spate of suicides at agencies that conduct electronic spying and hacking operations on US adversaries has prompted White House and congressional staff to question their leaders behind closed doors, officials told @business.
https://t.co/oqvZMPkzwP