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Musk aides lock government workers out of US agency computer systems

19 pointsby MilnerRoute4 months ago

2 comments

emchammer4 months ago
Is DOGE meant to be pronounced like the thing that you toke? Is that supposed to be a little joke?
belter4 months ago
&quot;We have no visibility into what they are doing with the computer and data systems,&quot; one of the officials said. &quot;That is creating great concern. There is no oversight. It creates real cybersecurity and hacking implications.&quot;<p>&quot;...The new team at OPM includes software engineers and Brian Bjelde, who joined Musk’s SpaceX venture in 2003 as an avionics engineer before rising to become the company’s vice president of human resources. Bjelde’s role at OPM is that of a senior adviser......Among the group that now runs OPM is Amanda Scales, a former Musk employee, who is now OPM’s chief of staff...<p>...Another senior adviser is Riccardo Biasini, a former engineer at Tesla and most recently a director at The Boring Company, Musk’s tunnel-building operation in Las Vegas...&quot;