A confidential assessment revealed that access granted to DOGE, a group overseen by billionaire Elon Musk, to a sensitive Treasury payment network posed a significant security risk. The review, conducted by Booz Allen Hamilton, urged immediate suspension of DOGE's access and a thorough review of any changes made to the system by DOGE affiliates. This news follows a series of controversial events involving DOGE personnel assigned to Treasury, including the appointment of Tom Krause, a Silicon Valley executive with no prior government experience, and the subsequent departure of Marko Elez after racist posts surfaced online.
By Joseph Menn, Jeff Stein, Ellen Nakashima, The Washington PostThe Treasury Department in Washington.
A Treasury employee told The Post that the threat center is run by Booz Allen Hamilton, a large federal contractor. Booz Allen Hamilton confirmed it runs the threat center, which it said is embedded within Treasury. A second DOGE staffer assigned to Treasury - Marko Elez, a 25-year-old who has worked for several of Musk’s firms - left the administration Thursday after the Wall Street Journal surfaced his racist posts. On Friday, however, President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Musk all called for Elez’s reinstatement, leaving his fate unclear. Musk also said Elez would be rehired, but whether he would return to Treasury was not clear.
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