“I’ve heard these rumors. They’re like seeing our nuclear secrets. None of that is true at all,”

“I know exactly who they are,” the secretary said. “They run through, checked by our security, and they have access to look around, talk to people and give us some good feedback on how things are going.”

He was granted access to basic IT systems such as email and Microsoft 365, one of the people told CNN.

Wright told CNBC that the staffers “don’t have anybody’s proprietary information.”

A DOGE staff member, Marko Elez, resigned Thursday after The Wall Street Journal connected the 25-year-old to a social media account that made racist posts. Elez had received approval from a federal judge earlier in the day to access the Treasury Department’s payment system, but the judge restricted his ability to share data from that system.

23-year-old former SpaceX intern, who does not have the appropriate security clearances needed to access DOE’s IT system, received access over the objections of members of its general counsel and chief information officers.

and potentially wreaking havoc with vital information systems.”

Have any DOGE staffers been given access to NNSA classified nuclear weapons information, specifically Restricted Data, Formerly Restricted Data, or Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information?

Have any DOGE staffers with access to classified information had significant outside financial interests, foreign contacts, or other affiliations that could pose security concerns?

if senior NNSA employees leave the organization, how do you plan to maintain security and secrecy of nuclear weapons and related information?

Riedel has yet to announce a reason for his departure from the DOE.

Cybersecurity Assessment: DOGE Insider Threat and Lateral Movement Analysis

Luke Farritor