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Trump’s treasury secretary gives the world’s richest person entry to one of the most sensitive US government databases

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago

Elon Musk’s government-slashing crew, the “department of government efficiency”, has been given access to the federal payment system, exposing the sensitive personal data of millions of Americans as well as details of public contractors who compete directly with Musk’s own businesses, an influential US senator has confirmed.