A 25-year-old associate of Elon Musk and former Treasury Department employee was inadvertently granted 'read/write' permissions to a sensitive federal payment system, according to court filings. The Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) stated the 'error' was quickly corrected and a forensic investigation is underway. Officials maintain that the individual, Marko Elez, never took any action to modify the system.
A 25-year-old associate of Elon Musk and former Treasury Department employee was "mistakenly" given the ability to make changes to a sensitive federal payment system , officials with the Bureau of the Fiscal Service disclosed in a series of court filings late Tuesday.
Elon Musk speaks during an event in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington.The high-profile mistake at BFS -- which effectively serves as the federal government's checkbook by disbursing more than $5 trillion annually -- comes as a federal judge in New York is weighing whether to continue to block individuals associated with Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records.
"Mr. Elez could review and make changes locally to copies of the source code in the cordoned-off code repository; however, he did not have the authority or capability to publish any code changes to the production system or underlying test environments," the filing said.
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