The Trump administration has agreed to restrict “DOGE” access to Treasury Department payment systems, as alarm spreads over “DOGE” employees accessing sensitive material across the federal government.

Led by Musk and a group of young engineers, DOGE is migrating around the government in search of cuts with an intensity that has demoralized federal workers and become a defining early mark of Donald Trump’s second term. Democrats are citing DOGE as they shift from early divisions over how to handle Trump to more full-throated resistance.

Elon Musk's DOGE was previously granted access to the US Treasury Department's payment systems, drawing the ire of many Americans.

If the wrong person gained access to personal financial information held by the U.S. Treasury, it would constitute the biggest data breach in history.

In an effort to slash government spending, President Trump has asked the world’s richest man, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, to lead his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In turn, Musk and his team have spent the first few weeks of Trump’s second term waging a largely unchecked war on the federal bureaucracy.

News that Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk now has access to a government payment system that is responsible for $6 trillion in annual federal payments — including Social Security and Medicare benefits — has prompted criticism from Democratic lawmakers and advocates.