Roundtable: Is DOGE Flouting Cybersecurity for US Data?

Dark Reading reports that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was granted access to sensitive U.S. government systems (including Treasury, USAID, and OPM), allegedly blocked officials from personnel systems, transmitted partially redacted CIA names via nonclassified email, and fed agency data into AI tools with unclear security controls; cybersecurity experts warn this handling of classified and personnel data creates a high risk of disclosure, foreign exploitation, and long-term damage to federal cyber defenses.