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That is both because of the risk that the new policy presents of the disclosure of sensitive and confidential information and the heightened risk that the systems in question will be more vulnerable than before to hacking,
How on Earth are we supposed to stop fraud and waste of taxpayer money without looking at how money is spent?"
Musk said on his social media platform and called Engelmayer "an activist posing as a judge." We knew the Trump administration's choice to give this access to unauthorized individuals was illegal, and this morning, a federal court agreed,
James said in a statement Musk and DOGE have no authority to access Americans’ private information and some of our country’s most sensitive data.
President Trump does not have the power to give away Americans’ private information to anyone he chooses, and he cannot cut federal payments approved by Congress
Letitia James, in her complaint that includes 19 states, lamented I don't think stupid social media activity should ruin a kid's life,
After Vice President JD Vance defended Elez online, writing in a post on X that ... Musk promised to reinstate him in his role at DOGE Instead of working to become a party that focuses on the will of the people, they are hell-bent on keeping their heads in the sand and gaslighting on the widely supported mission of DOGE,
Bessent's implementation of Treasury's new broader access policy, allowing Musk and his DOGE team to access BFS's payment systems, was adopted without any public announcement or explanation,
The conduct of Doge members presents a unique security risk to the States and State residents whose data is held,
the original complaint charged This unelected group, led by the world’s richest man, is not authorized to have this information, and they explicitly sought this unauthorized access to illegally block payments that millions of Americans rely on, payments for health care, child care and other essential programs,
James said in a video message released by her office Friday This decision failed to account for legal obligations to protect such data and ignored the privacy expectations of federal fund recipients,
including states, veterans, retirees, and taxpayers, ... the lawsuit says This is the largest data breach in American history,
Tong said in a statement on Friday At every step, DOGE is violating multiple laws, from constitutional limits on executive power, to laws protecting civil servants from arbitrary threats and adverse action, to crucial protections for government data collected and stored on hundreds of millions of Americans,
labor union lawyers represented by the advocacy group Democracy Forward wrote Although the court harbors concerns about defendants’ alleged conduct, it must deny plaintiffs’ motion at this time,
But on the current record, plaintiffs have failed to establish standing,
We've demonstrated that by having access to these systems, the personal information in them is necessarily at harm with the disclosure of sensitive information,
This data includes the medical and financial records of millions of Americans,
Bates wrote in a nine-page order As the richest man in the world, Elon Musk is not used to being told ‘no,’ but in our country, no one is above the law,
said James in a statement We cannot allow Elon Musk and a small group of people to secretly, behind close doors, take away our privacy, take away our dollars, take away everything we have,
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said while speaking at the protest Tuesday The sensitive information of millions of people is currently at imminent risk of unlawful disclosure,