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Ultimately, Bobba was given “read-only” access to limited SSA data.

Of greater concern, although Bobba had “read-only” access to the data, meaning that he couldn’t change it, he had the ability to “copy and paste, export, and screenshot that data.”

Bessent clarified that he personally interviewed the two and that they maintained “read-only” access to the payment service.

Just hours before his reported resignation, Elez, along with Tom Krause, chief executive of Cloud Software Group Inc., was cleared by a judge to retain “read-only” access to sensitive payment systems at the Treasury Department.

Tom Krause, chief executive of Cloud Software Group Inc., and Marko Elez, an engineer who has worked for Musk’s private companies, will both retain ostensibly read-only access to payment information.