Officials from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) put the Social Security data of over 300 million Americans at risk by uploading sensitive information to a cloud account that lacked proper oversight, according to a whistleblower disclosure submitted to the special counsel's office on Tuesday.
Whistleblower Charles Borges, who has served as the chief data officer at the Social Security Administration since January, stated that the potentially exposed sensitive information includes health diagnoses, income details, banking information, family relationships, and personal biographical data, according to a report by the Associated Press.
“Should bad actors gain access to this cloud environment, Americans may be susceptible to widespread identity theft, may lose vital healthcare and food benefits, and the government may be responsible for re-issuing every American a new Social Security Number at great cost,” said the complaint.
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The complaint was submitted by the Government Accountability Project and addressed to House and Senate oversight lawmakers. It requests that authorities “take appropriate oversight action.”
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