The row over Elon Musk's brief leadership of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has burst back into the spotlight after a government audit revealed that a user was temporarily granted the ability to create, modify and delete data within a highly sensitive Treasury payment system.
The findings sparked a heated exchange in Congress, where Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accepted responsibility for the incident but struggled to satisfy lawmakers demanding detailed answers about how millions of Americans' personal information was protected.
