Social Security’s inspector general is probing a whistleblower complaint that a former employee of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency claimed he had access to two Social Security databases and planned to share them with a new employer, a report said Tuesday, the latest security accusation in the post-DOGE era.
The allegation, reported by the Washington Post, follows accusations by a previous whistleblower that DOGE employees uploaded Social Security data into the cloud and compromised the Social Security numbers of every American. The Post cited a letter by the acting inspector general to top members of four congressional committees reviewed by the Post, and two people familiar with the process.
The Post said the whistleblower issued the complaint anonymously because they feared retaliation. The paper said it reviewed the complaint and had spoken with the whistleblower.
The SSA’s Office of the Inspector General is investigating the whistleblower complaint and informed Congress of the review, according to the report. The Government Accountability Office has been conducting its own audit of DOGE’s access to data, the report said.
The Social Security Administration denied the allegations and accused the paper of trying to scare seniors with “fake news.”
“The allegations by a singular anonymous source have been strongly refuted by all named parties — SSA, the former employee and the company,” a spokesperson for the agency said.
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