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href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/musk-doge-opm-treasury-breach\/\"> <span>Government<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Elon Musk\u2019s takeover of key systems across the federal government is ignoring decades of laws, regulations and procedures, experts told CyberScoop. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/83390\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" 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(Photo by Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"74.822724338283\"><body readability=\"150.76308463252\"><\/p>\n<p>As the world\u2019s richest man and his team from the Department of Government Efficiency continue their quest to dismantle federal agencies, cybersecurity experts, good government experts and Democrats are increasingly expressing outrage and alarm, in some cases likening the actions to an ongoing data breach.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk and employees from DOGE \u2014 which is, legally, an external advisory board \u2014 have reportedly taken a number of steps since Jan. 20 that could be exposing the personal data of millions of federal employees, violating federal laws against sharing classified or sensitive information with uncleared individuals and creating new cybersecurity vulnerabilities for malicious hackers to exploit, these experts say.<\/p>\n<p>Chief among these concerns are efforts by Musk\u2019s team to access the Department of the Treasury\u2019s payment system housed in the Bureau of Fiscal Service. This system controls much of the spending by the federal government, including congressionally-mandated spending programs like Social Security.<\/p>\n<p>Federal employees at the Office of Personnel Management are also <a href=\"https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/opm-email-federal-workforce-lawsuit-server-privacy-security\/\">suing the government<\/a>, claiming that Musk had a private server installed that has not been vetted or approved for security. OPM\u2019s systems contain sensitive employee records for tens of millions of current and former federal workers, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tag\/opm-breach\/\">hack and theft of OPM records by Chinese hackers in 2015<\/a> is considered among the worst federal security breaches of all time. The use of a private email server by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the subject of a criminal investigation by the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/29\/499868601\/fbi-head-under-fire-for-restarting-clinton-email-investigation-days-before-elect\">during the 2016 election<\/a> and was bitterly criticized by Trump and Republicans at the time as a massive security lapse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The White House claimed Monday that DOGE employees\u2019 access to these systems were restricted to \u201cread-only,\u201d meaning they could not alter files or make larger changes, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/elon-musk-associate-bfs-federal-payment-system\/\">according to reporting<\/a> from Wired, a 25-year-old former employee of Musk\u2019s has been granted administrative access to the system. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wrote to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant this week seeking answers about this \u201csecurity and management failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public depends on the integrity of those systems, which control the flow of over $6 trillion in payments to American families, businesses, and other recipients each year \u2014 with millions relying on them for Social Security checks and Medicare benefits, federal salaries, government contract payments, grants, and tax refunds this filing season,\u201d Warren wrote.<\/p>\n<p>According to one former federal worker with a decade of cybersecurity experience across multiple agencies \u2014 including the U.S. Digital Service that was absorbed into DOGE \u2014 the actions of Musk and his allies run afoul of \u201cthe spirit and letter of the law\u201d for federal cybersecurity statutes, including the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and security controls established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for securing federal systems.<\/p>\n<p>Access to highly sensitive federal systems is often subject to strict access and logging requirements. Individuals that do not possess a clearance in which they are allowed to access OPM and Treasury systems would, in any other situation, be viewed as a straightforward security breach with lasting ramifications.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThese systems have now become untrusted, so once this is done and over, to have those systems back to the level of assurances they had on Jan. 20 will require a lot of work and a lot of resources,\u201d said the former federal government employee, who now works in the private sector and was granted anonymity due to fear of reprisal.<\/p>\n<p>The risks include DOGE employees potentially downloading and taking protected federal data to creating weak points for attackers through unvetted IT infrastructure like the newly-launched private server at OPM. The office\u2019s systems also connect to other agencies, like the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, which handles Congressional background checks. Lacking independent oversight and activity logging, there\u2019s no way to confirm what information was accessed or changes that were made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest issue right now is \u2026 the secure connection from OPM to DCSA, to either enter in or request security clearance information,\u201d the former federal employee said.<\/p>\n<p>According to legal experts, Musk and Trump\u2019s actions are putting federal employees in a lose-lose situation. Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/trump-rescinds-biden-ai-order-creates-doge-orders-in-person-work\/\">executive order creating DOGE<\/a> only gave Musk access to unclassified federal systems. Under the E-Government Act of 2002, it is a Class E felony carrying a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for federal employees who have taken the oath of office to \u201cwillfully\u201d disclose such information to any person or agency not entitled to receive it. <\/p>\n<p>Bradley Moss, an attorney who specializes in national security, federal employment and security clearance law, was unequivocal when CyberScoop asked about the legal constraints federal employees face in this situation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNo federal employee should be granting access to anyone \u2014 no matter what special \u2018DOGE\u2019 badge they have \u2014 absent specific written authorization to do so,\u201d Moss said. \u201cThe president\u2019s [executive order] does not suffice, and federal employees appear to be trying to hold the line on protocols so far. Unfortunately, those who are doing that are being punished for it, as many are being put on administrative leave or outright fired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beneath the classified level, many federal systems also contain what\u2019s known as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), which can include financial, law enforcement and privacy-related data on Americans. That data is less sensitive, but still must be legally protected by federal employees and contractors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are well-established procedures, beginning with federal employment screening, to determine whether individuals are \u2018trustworthy,\u2019 such that they should be afforded access to these CUI categories,\u201d said Robert Metzger, an attorney and federal cybersecurity contracting expert. \u201cHigher standards and controls apply to persons who would have rights of \u2018use\u2019 of that information.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The potential for unintended consequences on federal IT and administrative operations is also real. Researcher Danah Boyd compared the structure of the U.S. administrative state to a game of Jenga. As politicians add or remove different blocks from the system, civil servants have usually played the role of repairman, fixing holes and propping up the byzantine American system.<\/p>\n<p>The dismissal of many federal employees overseeing these systems has made that job more difficult. Boyd believes that Musk\u2019s team interfering with vital Treasury financial systems could lead to a \u201cnormal accident,\u201d causing significant parts of the system to collapse. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a hard two weeks for [civil servants], but, regardless of the legal dynamics, turning over access to the core systems at the heart of an administrative state to a wrecking ball is really, really bad,\u201d Boyd wrote.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.5142857142857\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cybersecurity-government-experts-are-aghast-at-security-failures-in-doge-takeover-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. 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