The information contradicts not only previous government statements that Elez had only "read-only" access to Treasury payments systems, it also contradicts previous news stories reporting that Elez had administrative-level network privileges that would have allowed him to alter anything on Treasury's network – from bypassing security measures to changing access privileges for users and altering source code on production systems. Krause only had "observation access," according to Gioeli, meaning he had the ability to look over the shoulder of Elez or others as they accessed Treasury payment systems or source code but couldn't access the systems himself.