A group of young tech industry workers between 19 to 25 years old have been recruited by Elon Musk to carry out the Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency’s goals of cutting trillions from the federal government - and now have access to numerous sensitive systems.
Among them is a recent high school graduate and a Matt Gaetz defender who claims he quit a “seven-figure salary” to join DOGE and “save America.”
The group has little to no experience working in government, and yet some of them have been given central roles within Musk’s DOGE, including access to the U.S. Treasury’s internal payments system, according to WIRED.
Musk’s young crew have been unmasked as Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger and Ethan Shaotran, WIRED first reported. As their names were published, the group rushed to disable any trace of their social media profiles.
After the names of the engineers became public, the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, said he was working with Musk over the alleged “threats” made against the DOGE workers.
“Don’t mess with @DOGE,” Musk stated. Marko Elez, 25
Elez is a former X and SpaceX engineer who now has direct access to Treasury Department systems responsible for dispersing almost all payments made by the federal government, according to WIRED.
The 25-year-old Rutgers University graduate can reportedly access and write code on the most sensitive systems within government — The Payment Automation Manager and Secure Payment System at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, according to WIRED.
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Somewhat telling the oldest person that would fall for his bullshit is barely adult
Helping him slash billions? Really? We all know the goal is not to save money, it’s to take over the nation and turn it into a police state where only white men have and rights pr prospects.
Repeating my comment from the last time this was posted:
To be clear, this is a legit article so it stays, but no threats of Luigi here guys, lemmy can’t afford the attention.
See:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/03/martin-supports-for-musk-doge/
I got paywalled on that link. Archive link:
A lot of Reddit users are gonna be worried when the subpoenas come in
I don’t think naming these individuals counts as a threat, but the fact that the AG is already working with musk on this will likely mean a lot of Reddit’s personal details get exposed in the data dredges.
Also Reddit blocking whitepeopletwitter over this just says that Reddit is probably going to start tightening up on grassroots organizing or protest.
Everyone should be using a VPN and Signal.
And also realizing every app on your phone is a snitch. Whether possible log in to websites instead.
