Member of Musk’s ‘Doge’ quits after link to racist social media account revealed Marko Elez, 25, had been granted access to US government payment system containing sensitive personal data.
A member of Elon Musk’s self-styled “department of government efficiency” (Doge) unit who was at the centre of a court battle over access to the US government’s payment system has resigned after being linked to an openly racist social media account.
His resignation came hours after a court ruled that he and another Doge worker could continue to access the treasury department’s payment system, containing the personal and financial data of millions of US citizens, but barred them from sharing or altering the information.
Marko Elez, 25, who has worked for Musk’s SpaceX company, was established to be the owner of a now-deleted account that boasted of racist beliefs and advocated eugenics, the Wall Street Journal reported.
In December, referring to H-1B visas awarded to highly qualified, foreign-born tech workers, he wrote: “99% of Indian H1Bs will be replaced by slightly smarter LLMs [a type of artificial intelligence], they’re going back don’t worry guys.”.