Treasury watchdog will audit DOGE access to payment systems
The department’s deputy inspector general said the audit will examine access and security controls on Bureau of Fiscal Service systems.
Treasury, Congress watchdogs launch audits into DOGE access to payment system
Two government watchdogs have launched audits into the new Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to a sensitive federal payment system located at the Treasury Department. The
Federal judge extends order blocking DOGE access to Treasury payment system
District Court Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled Friday that a temporary restraining order would stay in place for now but said that she would issue her full decision soon.
“DOGE” Access to Treasury Payment Systems Raises Serious Risks
This primer explains what the Bureau of the Fiscal Service does, how it has traditionally been managed by career civil servants, and the risks posed by tampering with the system.
Treasury was warned DOGE access to payments marked an ‘insider threat’
The assessment, done by the contractor Booz Allen, came before Treasury formally tapped an ally of Elon Musk to oversee the payment system.
Watchdogs probe DOGE's access to Treasury payments system, Musk's fraud allegations
The Government Accountability Office and Treasury Department inspector general both said they were probing access to the payment systems.
Musk staffer 'mistakenly' given ability to edit Treasury payment system, filings say
A 25-year-old associate of Elon Musk and former Treasury Department employee was "mistakenly" given the ability to make changes to a sensitive federal payment system, officials with the Bureau of the Fiscal Service disclosed in a series of court filings late Tuesday.
Treasury revoked editing access ‘mistakenly’ given to DOGE staffer
A 25-year-old DOGE staffer was accidentally given permissions to edit the Treasury Department's payments system, according to court records.
Treasury 'mistakenly' gave Musk DOGE worker ability to change payments system: court docs
Prior to resigning from the Treasury Department, Marko Elez at one point had "read/write permissions" to the Secure Payment System, Joseph Gioeli III indicated in a court filing.
Musk aide given payment system access by mistake: US official
An Elon Musk aide was mistakenly given clearance to make changes to the US Treasury Department's highly sensitive payments system containing millions of Americans' personal information, a department o
Elon Musk’s Man in the Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as Software CEO
An email sent to workers at the US Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service said DOGE’s Tom Krause is “currently” ...
Why Musk Is So Focused on the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, America’s ‘Checkbook’
Spending power, privacy concerns and conflicts of interest have put the bureau at the center of a political fight.
The Register on MSN5d
Judge says US Treasury ‘more vulnerable to hacking’ since Trump let the DOGE out
Order requires destruction of departmental data accessed by Musky men Trump administration policies that allowed Elon Musk's ...
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel2d
Rumor of DOGE visit to Parkersburg’s Bureau of Fiscal Service draws protest
Local protesters marched Tuesday around the buildings of the federal Bureau of the Fiscal Service in downtown Parkersburg to ...
"The greatest threat we've ever faced": US Treasury division classifies DOGE staff as extreme danger
An intelligence team within the department recommended stripping DOGE staffers of their access to data immediately ...