Conflict of Interest
"Wyden, the highest-ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, also cited Musk's "enormous" business operations in China, and argued this conflict of interest —
coupled with his access to Treasury Department systems — poses serious cybersecurity and national security risks to the US.
Chinese government spies have stolen massive amounts of data about Americans, including government employees and elected officials, from Uncle Sam's IT deployments, and there is a fear
DOGE's bulldozing of US federal bodies will leave the door open to China.
In addition to Beijing's Salt Typhoon
digital intrusions, which largely hit US telecommunications networks, another group of China-backed spies earlier compromised the US Treasury Department's systems and
stole sensitive documents, so perhaps President Xi doesn't need that much help from the world's richest and most impatient man.
"In light of China's recent hack of the Treasury Department's systems, it seems unusual to be granting access to sensitive systems to an individual with such significant business interests in China," Senator Wyden argued."
