The Office of Personnel Management unlawfully granted the Department of Government Efficiency access to sensitive federal personnel data last year, a federal judge found. Judge Denise Cote ruled Tuesday that OPM violated federal privacy law and bypassed established cybersecurity practices when it shared records on millions of past, current and aspiring federal employees with DOGE agents in early 2025. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2026/10/opm-unlawfully-let-doge-access-sensitive-federal-employee-data-judge-rules/