A Starlink internet terminal is seen in Burnsville, North Carolina, in the wake of Hurricane Helene on Oct. 9. (Allison Joyce/For The Washington Post)

By Joseph Menn

Elon Musk’s team at the U.S. DOGE Service and allies in the Trump administration ignored White House communications experts worried about potential security breaches when they installed Musk’s Starlink internet service in the complex this year, three people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post.

The people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive issues, said those who were managing White House communications systems were not informed in advance when DOGE representatives went to the roof of the adjacent Eisenhower Executive Office Building in February to install a terminal connecting users i

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