US Treasury Department’s Threat Intelligence Analysis designates Doge staff as “Insider Threats”

Member of Elon Musk’s Government Efficiency Bureau (Doge) The team had access to the US Treasury payment system for over a week. On Thursday, one threat intelligence team of the department’s agency recommended it Doge Members It is monitored as an “insider threat.”

Sources said the Department of Finance Services IT department and other members received emails detailing these concerns.

“There is a wide range of protests related to ongoing litigation, legislation of Congress, and Doge’s Department of Treasury Access and Finance Services,” reads a section of the email reviewed by Wired, titled “Recommendations.” “If Doge members have access to payment systems, we recommend that they immediately stop access and conduct a comprehensive review of all actions taken with these systems.”

Treasury and White House officials have repeatedly denied it, but Wired reports that Doge technicians have the ability to not only read code for confidential payment systems, but also rewrite it. Marco Ellesmany ones Young man identified by wired Those with little government experience but associated with Doge were given read and write privileges in two of the most sensitive systems of the US government. Payment Automation Manager and Secure payment system BFS is the agency that paid $5.45 trillion in 2024, according to Treasury records.

“Other federal agencies have reported that DOGE members have made fraudulent changes and have excluded civil servants from sensitive systems that have gained access,” the “recommended” section of the email continues. . “In addition, it is recommended that Doge members be placed under insider threat monitoring and warnings after access to the payment system has been revoked. Continuous access to the payment system by Doge members is “reading” Even “dedicated” could pose the single biggest insider threat risk that the Bureau of Finance Services has ever faced. ”

The recommendations were part of a weekly report sent to hundreds of staff by the BFS Threat Intelligence Team. “The risk of insider threats is something that (the threat intelligence team) usually covers,” a source told Wired. “However, they have never identified the insider’s internals as an insider threat risk I know.”

The Treasury Department and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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This week’s email is also explained in detail. Financial litigationAs a result, a federal judge granted the order on February 6th, with DOGE staff temporarily restricting access and changes to payment system information.

In the email section entitled “Analyst Notes,” the email delves into fallout from the suit.

“A court order has been reportedly issued to formalise the agreement restricting Doge’s financial access, but notably Marko Elez (Doge member of Doge Member) and Thomas (aka Tom) Krause (Doge Member at Treasury) offers a “read-only” exemption. ” It states. “This access still poses an unprecedented insider threat risk.”

Elez previously worked for SpaceX and Musk’s Social Media Company, Musk’s Space Company. Erez resigned after the Wall Street Journal on Thursday I asked About his connection to “deleted social media accounts defending racism and eugenics” at the White House. Elez did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent on February 7, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said, “The Treasury Department refused to provide a straight answer to Doge’s actions and some of the following were the reasons for the 1990s. The refusal to provide a briefing requested by the Senate Committee only raises my suspicions,” and Bessent provides logs of staff members affiliated with Elez and other Doge regarding access to the Treasury system. I requested that it be.