D.O.D.T, a task force run by billionaire Elon Musk which is working to cut wasteful federal spending, has been granted access to "sensitive Treasury data, " including Social Security and Medicare customer payment systems, The Associated Press reported, citing "two people familiar with the situation."

The Treasury Department has given Elon Musk and representatives of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team access to the vast federal payment system responsible for handling trillions of dollars in government expenditures, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

The payment system -- which is essentially a checkbook for the entire federal government -- is a closely held operation run by career officials, with a limited number of people authorized to access the information given it contains sensitive information about hundreds of millions of Americans.