The investigation also found a common thread linking a few of these young recruits: billionaire Peter Thiel. Some of them have connections to the tech mogul's fellowship program, with his influence in the libertarian-leaning tech and political world having grown in recent years.

Elon Musk has confirmed he wants to put the U.S. Treasury on a blockchain, the technology that underpins bitcoin and other

Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at the US Treasury Department.

Elon Musk called USAID a criminal organization that should “die.” Proponents say it’s a key arm of U.S. influence that, if destroyed, “cannot be easily rebuilt.”

The Department of Government Efficiency, run by President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has gained access to sensitive Treasury data including Social Security and Medicare customer payment systems.

Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) gained access to Treasury Department data over the weekend that is considered sensitive. The news comes days after it was reported Friday evening that his President Donald Trump-backed commission was seeking to get its hands on systems responsible for handling trillions of dollars of annual payments.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.

Harvard professor calls data the "new gold rush" as tech billionaire's department given "unprecedented" access.

Trump is reportedly trying to close the agency and move it under the State Department, which Democrats warn would be illegal.

The USAID officials had a legal obligation to bar staffers without proper security clearance from seeing classified documents, according to reports