The former Office of Government Efficiency (DOGE) received editorial access to the Treasury's delicate federal payment system for a short period of time before staff revoked his capabilities.
Marko Elez, a 25-year-old Doge staffer who resigned on Friday, did not use additional privileges to make any changes to the database, said Treasury official Joseph Gioeli III filed it in court on Tuesday. .
“As far as we know, Erez never knew the fact that he had read/write permissions for the SPS database, Jolieri said.
Gioeli is a deputy commissioner of the Finance Bureau and oversees the system that handles 90% of federal payments.
Finance officials previously said Elez and Cloud Software Group CEO Tom Krause had read-only access to sensitive payment systems after Doge team access sparked protests from Democrats and other external observers. Ta.
Gioeli explained in his filing that Elez is the only employee who has received direct access to the financial services system and its source code, but he is limited to “read-only” access and is unable to make any changes It was.
Meanwhile, Klaus was given access “over the shoulder.” This means that you could view the system while others with the necessary privileges were accessing it.
“[I]T agreed that in the short term, if designated as a “technical team member” to exercise this read-only access, only one employee of the Treasury will be designated,” Gioeli said. Masu.
Treasury staff found on Thursday that Erez's access to some of the financial services known as the secure payment system was “misconfigured with read/write permissions rather than read-only.”
The initial investigation found that Elez only accessed the system during a “monitored walkthrough session” with staff the previous day, and that his access was “quickly fixed” for read-only.
“While forensic analysis is still underway, department officials have conducted a preliminary review of his activity logs within his laptop and system, and at this time there have been no indications of misuse,” Jolieri said, adding, “Jolieri.” is writing.
Erez resigned on Friday and resigned after Wall Street discovered several racist social media posts he made from his now-deleted account. Doge Chairman Elon Musk said the 25-year-old will be rehired.
However, several recent court filings say that Erez is no longer employed by the Treasury Department.
