# DOGE damage is just getting started, IT experts warn

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/doge-damage-is-just-getting-started-it-experts-warn/
- Published: 2025-03-21T09:00:10-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Thomas via Pixabay (AI generated). Article by Chris Taylor. Mashable – March 19, 2025. Elon Musk loves wearing his TECH SUPPORT T-shirt in the White House. He wore it to his Oval Office interview; he wore it to his first Cabinet meeting. “I actually just call myself Humble Tech Support here,” Musk told heads of departments whose computer systems he’d already accessed. Acting like the IT guy: this wasn’t really Musk trying to be cute, or somehow downplaying all the chaos his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had unleashed in its first month of existence. It’s a stark reminder of how he had secured, so fast, enough power to terrorize the federal government from within: literally, using nothing but the access provided by the White House’s IT department. […] Click here to view original web page at mashable.com