A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
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Eleon Musk members Ministry of Governmental efficiency The (Doug) team managed to reach the US Treasury’s payment systems for more than a week. On Thursday, the intelligence team recommended the threat in one of the administration agencies to do so Doug members It is monitored as a “threat from the inside”.
The sources say that the members of the Information Technology Technology Office at the Financial Service Office and others received an email that explains these concerns.
“There is continuous litigation, Congress legislation, and widespread protests related to Dog’s arrival in the treasury and the financial service office,” a section of e -mail entitled “Recommendations”, which WIRED reviewed. “If DOGE members have any access to payment systems, we recommend that this access be suspended immediately and a comprehensive review of all actions that they may have taken on these systems.”
Although the cabinet and those responsible for the White House denied this over and over again, WIRED has mentioned that DOGE technicians have the ability to read sensitive payment systems blog, but also rewrite it. Marco ElizOne of the number of Young men were identified by the wire Those who have little or non -governmental experience, but are linked to DOGE, have been granted reading and writing privileges on two of the most sensitive systems in the American government: Payment automation manager and Safe payment system In BFS, according to Treasury records, an agency paid $ 5.45 trillion in the fiscal year 2024.
“There are reports in other federal agencies that indicate that DOGE members have underestimated changes and closed civil service employees from the sensitive systems they get,” the “recommendations” part of e -mail continues. “We also recommend placing DOGE members under the control of the threat from the inside and alerting them after their access to payment systems. Continuing to any payment systems by DOGE members, even” Read only “, is likely to put off the risk of threat alone, and the Financial Service Office faced on Launch.
The recommendations were part of a weekly report sent by the Intelligence BFS team to hundreds of employees. “The risks of threat from the inside is something [the threat intelligence team] It usually covers a “wire” source. “But they did not specify anything inside the office as a threat from the inside.”
The Treasury and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Email also details this week Treasury Ministry suitAnd, which led to a federal judge on February 6 to temporarily restrict DOGE employees from accessing and changing payment system information.
In a section of email entitled “Notes Analyst”, the email deepens the repercussions of the lawsuit.
“A court order was issued to give the official character to the agreement that restricts Dog’s access to the treasury, but it specifically provides” reading “only” for Marko Elez’s exemptions (a member of the financial service and the treasury treasury) and Thomas (also known as TOM) Krause (Doge (Doge) Treasury),, it stipulates. “This access is still an unprecedented threat from the inside.”
Elez previously worked at Spacex, Musk’s Space Company and X, Musk’s Social Media. Eliz resigned on Thursday after the Wall Street Journal Inquire With the White House about his links with “deleted social media account that called for racism and birth control science.” Eliz did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Payette on February 7, Senator Ron and Eden from Oregon said, “The Treasury refused to provide direct answers about Dog’s actions, as well as its refusal to provide a request for many of the Senate committees only increases my suspicions.” ELEZ records and any other employees who have continued Doge regarding their arrival in treasury systems.