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Courthouse News Service: Privacy nonprofit sues Trump, DOGE over federal ‘data breach’

February 10, 2025

In the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia, the Electronic Privacy Information Center echoes a slew of lawsuits against Trump and DOGE, claiming they — along with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Digital Service, and the Office of Personnel Management — have perpetrated what it calls “the largest and most consequential data breach in U.S. history.” 

The D.C.-based nonprofit says DOGE personnel, many of them associates of Musk, have gained access to sensitive information systems across numerous federal agencies like the Office of Personnel Management and the Treasury. 

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