Under the hypothesis this isn’t witnesses culling, I’d guess those guys where the most exposed ones to the truth about the Evil Empire they were serving.
They are the ones having to do apologetics for empire which means they have to understand the opposing arguments. At a certain point, some of those opposing arguments might break through to them
“Without funding, burnout and force degradation will increase,” [the leader of both Cyber Command and the NSA] told lawmakers.
It’s because we don’t have enough money!

What could be driving them to suicide? They’ve got it relatively cushy compared to other boots, right? Just touching computer most of the time
Bullied too hard, given cyber swirlies
Any job can be hell if your bosses are shitty enough
There are jobs far more hell and with shittier bosses though (like the entirety of actual hard active combat boots on the ground military). I think there’s more to it. Maybe they, for example, have to deal with CSAM or other traumatizing bullshit.
they should just put barron in charge of the cyber and let him take care of it
archive link wouldn’t work for me
And they say posting isn’t praxis
I wonder how many are due to AI psychosis






