Elon Musk’s Doge put sensitive social security data at risk, whistleblower says
SSA official alleges that Doge staff uploaded personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans to vulnerable cloud server
Elon Musk's so-called department of government efficiency" (Doge) copied and uploaded sensitive Social Security Administration (SSA) data to a vulnerable cloud server, potentially risking the safety of hundreds of millions of Americans and violating federal privacy laws, according to a whistleblower complaint filed on Tuesday.
The complaint from Charles Borges, the chief data officer at the SSA, alleges that Doge staffers effectively created a live copy of the entire country's social security data from its numerical identification system database. The information is a goldmine for bad actors, the complaint alleges, and was placed on a server without independent oversight that only Doge officials could access.
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