A judge ruled Saturday that the activities of Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting effort risk “the disclosure of sensitive and confidential information” and render them “more vulnerable than before to hacking.

Nineteen states argue Elon Musk and his team could jeopardize the security of American's confidential information and could block funding to states.

A team led by Elon Musk recently gained access to America’s federal payment infrastructure — a system responsible for distributing trillions of dollars in Social Security, Medicare, federal salaries and government contracts annually.