Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, known as D.O.G.E, now has its hands deep inside the US Treasury’s payment systems, and lawmakers are freaking out, calling it a “national security disaster” waiting to happen.

As Chinese AI application DeepSeek attracts hordes of American users, Trump administration officials, lawmakers and cybersecurity experts are expressing concern that the technology could pose a threat to U.S. national security.

Ron Wyden, a Democratic senator from Oregon and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, said in a post on Bluesky on Saturday that sources told his office Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Musk’s team,