The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments,

Elon Musk's team members from DOGE should not have access to the sensitive personal data of millions of Americans. They acquire it easily because we lack strong security measures, admitted Donald Trump.

The judge also ordered DOGE members to “immediately destroy” any copies of material downloaded from Treasury systems.

Internal email lists and other documents and interviews provide the widest view so far of who is working in DOGE — and officials inside other agencies with Musk connections.

DOGE has drawn sharp scrutiny for seeking unfettered access to the internal data of agencies across the government.

A federal judge in New York temporarily restricted the ability of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access the Treasury Department payment system, saying that doing so was necessary to prevent the potential disclosure of sensitive and confidential information.