Agents of #billionaire#ElonMusk’s #DOGE have gained access to highly restricted government records on millions of federal employees — including #Treasury & #State Dept officials in sensitive #security positions — as part of a broader effort to wrest control over the government’s main personnel agency, according to 4 US officials with direct knowledge of the developments.
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…The records maintained by the Office of Personnel Management, #OPM, amount to a repository of sensitive info about employees of most #FederalAgencies — including addresses, demographic profiles, salary details & disciplinary histories. The moves at the OPM by members of #ElonMusk’s pseudo-governmental DOGE have coincided w/similar efforts to gain access to sensitive systems at other agencies, including a #Treasury Dept system responsible for processing trillions of dollars in US govt payments…
Records obtained by The Post show that several members of #ElonMusk’s #DOGE team — some of whom are in their early 20s & come from positions at his private companies — were given “administrative” access to #OPM computer systems within days of #Trump’s inauguration last month. 🚨That gives them sweeping authority to INSTALL & MODIFY SOFTWARE on government-supplied equipment &, according to 2 OPM officials, to ALTER internal documentation of THEIR OWN ACTIVITIES.
The #DOGE team’s demand for access to #OPM files & networks came as #ElonMusk deputies arrived at the agency promising to wipe out 70% of its staff…. A senior OPM ofcl, during a team meeting Wed, said that core units focused on modernizing the agency’s network & improving accountability are “likely to go away,” acc/to a recording of the session obtained by The Post. Those who have been reassigned at the agency include the chief information officer & the chief financial officer.
Meanwhile, morale has plummeted, said 3 #OPM ofcls, as #DOGE agents have clashed w/senior career personnel. One official recalled a recent meeting in which a young DOGE team member began screaming at senior developers & calling them “idiots.”
A halt to IT upgrades — along w/fresh access by outsiders w/the power to install new programs — could create novel vulnerabilities at an agency that has been repeatedly #hacked by foreign #intelligence services.
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