India, June 7 -- The US Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Department of Government Efficiency, billionaire Elon Musk's former department, broad access to the Social Security Administration's data systems.

This will allow the DOGE to access personal information of millions of Americans logged under the SSA, news agency Reuters reported.

Justices put on hold the order of Maryland-based US District Judge Ellen Hollander, who had largely blocked DOGE's access to "personally identifiable information" in data such as medical and financial records while litigation proceeded in a lower court. This move came at the Justice Department's request.

The court, which had a 6-3 conservative majority, did not provide a rationale for siding with the D...