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The biggest breach of US government data is under way
Elon Musk's DOGE has taken control and accessed large swathes of Americans' private information held by the U.S. federal government.
Operatives working for Elon Musk have gained unprecedented access to a swath of U.S. government departments — including agencies responsible for managing data on millions of federal employees and a system that handles $6 trillion in payments to Americans. On returning to office, Trump signed an executive order allowing administration officials to grant “top secret” and compartmentalized security clearance to individuals on an interim basis with little to no substantial vetting, a sharp departure from long-established protocols. A coalition of more than a dozen Democratic state attorneys general said they will file a lawsuit to block DOGE accessing sensitive federal government payment systems containing personal data on Americans, without providing a timeline.
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