Summary
Elon Musk and his “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) have been granted access to the U.S. Treasury’s federal payment system, raising concerns about security and misuse.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent approved the move after a top Treasury official was ousted for resisting.
Critics warn Musk could freeze payments to government programs or manipulate federal contracts.
The move coincides with DOGE’s takeover of the Office of Personnel Management.
Experts call it a dangerous power grab, as Musk holds no official government position.
Don’t they usually ask for your SSN before doing the background check? So they already have it?
You’d hope so but not really, they basically need as much partial information as you can supply so they know they’re finding the right records.
Fullz are great because you already know that social belongs to that person but you really just need enough cross-verifiable information to confirm. If you only have one or two pieces of info you can pay somebody like Checkr or Certn to run your check or just find a local PI to pull them. If you have LE connects they have access to databases with criminal histories as well but AFAIK (in my state at least) those searches are logged.