By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees,

DOGE director Elon Musk has shut out senior government workers and seized control of key workflows in the Office of Personnel Management, causing major security concerns, a source told Reuters. The Office of Personnel Management functions as the government’s human resources agency,

Elon Musk, CEO and owner of X, was tasked by Trump with reducing the 2.2 million federal workforce. Musk swiftly took action to reform US government agencies. However, reports are emerging in the media about interference with computer systems containing the personal data of millions of federal employees.