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US judge temporarily blocks #Musk's #DOGE from accessing #Treasury payment systems
A federal judge early Saturday temporarily blocked a #Trump admin panel led by #billionaire #ElonMusk from accessing government systems used to process trillions of dollars in payments, citing a risk that sensitive & confidential information could be improperly disclosed.
#law #NationalSecurity #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #USpol #TrumpCoup
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-temporarily-blocks-musks-doge-accessing-payment-systems-2025-02-08/
US District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan issued the order after a coalition of 19 mostly Democratic-led #US states filed a lawsuit late Friday arguing #ElonMusk's #DOGE has no #legal power to access the US Dept of #Treasury systems.
The lawsuit said #Musk & his team could [will] disrupt federal #funding for #health clinics, #preschools, #climate initiatives, & other programs, & that #Trump could use the info to further his #political agenda.
#DOGE's access to the system also "poses huge #cybersecurity risks that put vast amounts of funding for the States & their residents in peril," the state attorneys general said. They sought a temporary restraining order blocking DOGE's access.
The judge…said the states' claims were "particularly strong" & warranted him acting on their request for emergency relief pending a further hearing before another judge on February 14.
"That is both because of the risk that the new policy presents of the disclosure of sensitive & confidential information & the heightened risk that the systems in question will be more vulnerable than before to #hacking," Engelmayer wrote.
His order bars access from being granted to #Treasury Dept payment & data systems by #political appointees, special government employees [#SGE] & government employees detailed from an agency outside the Treasury Dept.
#law #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #Musk #Trump