Ex-Treasury Official Briefly Had 'Write' Access to Sensitive Payment System, Officials Say

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Ex-Treasury Official Briefly Had 'Write' Access to Sensitive Payment System, Officials Say
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Marko Elez, a former member of the Treasury Department's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team, was 'mistakenly' granted 'read/write permissions' on the Secure Payment System (SPS) instead of 'read-only' access. The incident is connected to a case where President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent were restricted from granting access to Treasury Department systems containing sensitive financial information. While Elez's access was swiftly corrected, a forensic investigation is underway to confirm that he did not modify any data.

Marko Elez — who before resigning from the Treasury Department had been a member of Treasury's Department of Government Efficiency's team — was 'mistakenly' given 'read/write permissions' on the Secure Payment System rather than 'read-only,' Joseph Gioeli III of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service declared in a court filing.

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