Insider threat: cyber security experts on giving Elon Musk and DOGE the keys to US government IT systems

By Frank den Hartog, Professor of Information Systems, Research Chair in Critical Infrastructure, University of Canberra
Abu Barkat ullah, Associate Professor of Cyber Security, University of Canberra

A few weeks ago, word started to come out that the newly minted United States Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had acquired unprecedented access to multiple US government computer systems.

DOGE employees – tech billionaire Elon Musk and his affiliates – have been granted access to sensitive personal and financial data, as well as other data critical for national…

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