Treasury inspector general audits payment system security in wake of DOGE access

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The Office of Inspector General at the Treasury Department is launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government’s payment system after Senate Democrats sounded the alarm regarding the access provided to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team.

The audit is additionally set to review the past two years of the system’s transactions as they relate to Musk’s claim of “alleged fraudulent payments,” Loren Sciurba, the Treasury’s deputy inspector general, wrote in a letter.

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