5 days ago · 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 ...

2 days ago · Elon Musk’s DOGE accused of ‘most consequential security breach’ in US history. Elon Musk has hit a huge roadblock in his controversial mission to dismantle US government agencies and ...

3 days ago · The lawsuit -- filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James and 18 other state attorneys general -- alleged the breach of sensitive Treasury Department data "poses huge cybersecurity risks ...

3 days ago · Elon Musk’s unprecedented DOGE access to confidential information in several federal agencies is “the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history,” one ...

3 days ago · Nineteen Democratic attorneys general have sued President Donald Trump to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans. ... “This is the largest data breach in American history ...

3 days ago · A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) from accessing the personal financial data of millions of Americans in Treasury Department records, according to ...

3 days ago · Elon Musk’s unprecedented DOGE access to confidential information in several federal agencies is “the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history,” one ...

2 days ago · Members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team have obtained “administrator” email accounts at the Department of Education, just as President Donald Trump announced that the ...

3 days ago · Musk Team’s Treasury Access Raises Security Fears, Despite Judge’s Ordered Halt. A judge ruled Saturday that the activities of Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting effort risk “the ...

3 days ago · In a news conference Friday, Tong said Elon Musk's leadership of the DOGE has allowed "unfettered" and "totally unauthorized access" to your personal information.

4 days ago · Elon Musk’s crusade to slash US government spending suffered setbacks on Thursday after a federal judge barred the Treasury department from handing data from its payments system to outsiders and ...

6 days ago · With a cadre of engineers as young as 19 years old, and with the encouragement of Trump, Musk has demanded and been given access to sensitive government databases and the Treasury Department’s...

Feb 3, 2025 · Federal employees and supporters privately expressed deep anger and concern after learning that Elon Musk’s surrogates had gained access to the OPM building, revoked regular Federal employees’ authorized access credentials, and denied them login privileges into the personnel computer systems.

Feb 3, 2025 · Boston College history professor Heather Cox Richardson characterized Elon Musk's actions over the weekend as "the largest data breach in human history." Here's what happened.

Feb 2, 2025 · The Department of Government Efficiency, run by President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has gained access to sensitive Treasury data including Social Security and ...

6 days ago · As the world’s richest man and his team from the Department of Government Efficiency continue their quest to dismantle federal agencies, cybersecurity experts, good government experts and Democrats are increasingly expressing outrage and alarm, in some cases likening the actions to an ongoing data breach. Elon Musk and employees from DOGE ...

3 days ago · Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be. ... “This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our ...

3 days ago · For the past week, Americans have been bombarded with reports of Elon Musk and his team of 20-something IT workers allegedly gaining access to sensitive government systems.. Reality check: The speed at which the Department of Government Efficiency is moving is not normal. Many of these actions likely violate federal privacy and security laws.. State of play: …

Feb 2, 2025 · Elon Musk, an unelected billionaire with no oversight, has gained access to the federal government's payment system. And all of our data." ... personal data. And one man, one Elon Musk, just hit ...

6 days ago · Raising concerns about the level of care being applied to that data, according to Wired, a 25-year-old coder who’d been employed at two of Musk’s businesses, is one of those who has been ...

6 days ago · The AFL-CIO described the data breach as “massive and unprecedented,” stating that Americans should not have their personal information “forced into Musk’s hands.”

Feb 4, 2025 · A 25-year-old engineer named Marko Elez, who previously worked for two Elon Musk companies, has direct access to Treasury Department systems responsible for nearly all payments made by the US government, ... This may be the biggest privacy and data security breach in our country’s history, but of course, President Trump will claim it is not a ...

3 days ago · Three Maine residents filed data breach notifications with the state attorney general, saying their personal data was breached when Elon Musk’s "Department of Government Efficiency" gained ...

Aug 21, 2023 · Tesla, the Musk-owned electric car manufacturer, has begun notifying current and former employees that were impacted by a large-scale data breach that took place in May.