US watchdog to investigate Musk ‘Doge’ team’s access to payment systems

Treasury inspector general to launch audit as judge mulls whether access to sensitive data was unconstitutional

A government watchdog is to launch an inquiry into security over the US treasury's payments system as a judge on Friday considered whether access by Elon Musk's department of government efficiency" (Doge) to the highly sensitive data base was unconstitutional.

Amid mounting court cases concerning Doge's activities, the treasury department's inspector general said it would launch an audit after Democrats complained about the access gained to a 25-year-old Musk associate, Marko Elez, who was briefly granted edit access within the system, meaning he had the potential to change entries. The access was later rescinded by an interim court ruling.