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DOGE accesses federal payroll system and punishes employees who objected

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Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency gained access to payroll system, NYT reports.

The system at the Interior Department gives DOGE "visibility into sensitive employee information, such as Social Security numbers" The system processes salaries for about 276,000 federal employees across dozens of agencies.

The agency's CIO and CISO are reportedly under investigation for "workplace behavior".

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