Federal workers sue Elon Musk and DOGE to cut off data access

More than 5 current and former federal workers have complained against the Elon Mask and the Department of Government Skills that he complained. To access the records of highly sensitive staff Without appropriate examination or approval, a New federal suit Filed on Tuesday.

In the southern district of New York, a case was filed by different unions representing 5 workers and government workers. The plaintiffs are asking the government’s chief HR agency, office of personal management (OPM), Dog and its agents to stop access.

“The OPM accused have given the accused and the agents of the Doz-many of whom are under 25 years of age and recently the masks’ private companies-the administrative access to the ‘OPM computer system, without any general, strict national-suksh examination.’

The complaint is named Elon Musk, Dog, OPM and current OPM Director Charles Ezel as the accused.

The case alleges that OPM records have violated the Dais’ access privacy law, which ban inappropriate access to personal data, including federal agencies.

The charges alleged, “The Privacy Act is illegal to transfer access to the OPM accused on the OPM accused, who are lacking legal and valid needs for such access,” it has been alleged. “The exception of the Privacy Act does not include the access to the Days Defendants on records under any OPM.”

The case states that the agents of the day not were public employees when receiving access to OPM computer networks. It calls Edward Koristin, a 19 -year -old Dog, who Report Went by the “big ball” on online Dismissal From a cyberquacy firm after an internal investigation to leak data during his employment.

The case further alleged that the federal worker’s access to the date of the day may spread the harmful professional consequences for them, noting that the musk and the President Trump There are threats The employees are seen as dishonest. It is alleged that the publication of their financial information can also be published in hacking by criminals and foreign actors.

The case comes in the growing debate Access to Dogs on susceptible official data With the federal government, mass trimming and other reforms began to establish.

The case is concentrated toward the prohibition of the order to cut that access, but the Class Action case, the lawyer of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Victoria Noble, just before “Phase One” Ward has been told.

Dog, musk and OPM did not immediately respond to the requests for the comment.