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13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data

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13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data

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News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago

Democratic attorneys general in several states are vowing to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal payment systems containing Americans’ sensitive personal information.

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Thirteen Democratic attorneys general, led by New York’s Letitia James, plan to sue to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing federal payment systems containing sensitive personal data.

Concerns include security risks and potential disruptions to Social Security and Medicare.

A federal judge ruled that only two Musk allies could have “read-only” access.

DOGE allegedly seeks control to halt payments to agencies like USAID.

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I’m unfortunately not confident that the administration would respect a ruling that’s not in their favor if it did happen. Will somebody actually enforce the ruling?

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