Elon Musk’s Doge team granted ‘full access’ to federal payment system

Trump's treasury secretary gives the world's richest person entry to one of the most sensitive US government databases

Elon Musk's government-slashing crew, the department of government efficiency", has been given access to the federal payment system, exposing the sensitive personal data of millions of Americans as well as details of public contractors who compete directly with Musk's own businesses, an influential US senator has confirmed.

Ron Wyden, a Democratic senator from Oregon and the ranking member of the Senate finance committee, posted on Bluesky that sources had confirmed to him that the Treasury's highly sensitive database had been opened up to the tech billionaire and his team.