April 18, 2025

U.S. Treasury

cybersecurity Department of Government Efficiency Government & Policy Privacy Security U.S. Treasury

DOGE staffer violated Treasury rules by emailing unencrypted personal data

A staffer working for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) broke Treasury policies by sending an email containing unencrypted personal information, according to testimony from a senior government cybersecurity official in a federal lawsuit. Marko Elez, a DOGE staffer working at the U.S. Treasury, emailed a spreadsheet with unencrypted personally identifiable information to two Trump administration

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