The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
www.wired.com
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn’t exist.

Summary

Despite official denials, a technologist from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had “write access” to critical U.S. Treasury payment systems.

Marko Elez, a former SpaceX and X employee, was granted admin privileges to systems processing trillions in federal payments. Reports suggest he made “extensive changes” before resigning.

Concerns escalated after Treasury officials falsely claimed DOGE only had “read access.”

The controversy follows the resignation of a senior Treasury official who opposed DOGE’s access, amid allegations of Musk associates interfering with USAID payments.

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Which systems though? Applications like this run on clusters and have multiple tiers. It’s not just a Windows pc.

    • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      16 hours ago

      the term “system” here is holistic. hypervisors, load balancers, routers, switches, embedded controllers, operating systems, firmware, etc, etc, etc. everything, including client workstations and peripherals.

      stuxnet comes to mind.