EXCLUSIVE — The Social Security Administration (SSA) on Tuesday told lawmakers its systems are secure and pushed back on allegations from a former senior official who claimed the agency mishandled sensitive personal data.

In a letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-ID), SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano said the agency found no evidence that its Numident database, which contains personally identifiable information on nearly every American, had been “accessed, leaked, hacked, or shared in any unauthorized fashion.”

The inquiry stemmed from a complaint filed by Charles “Chuck” Borges, the agency’s former chief data officer, who alleged that officials tied to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) created “serious data lapses” that put the information of more than 300 million Americans at risk.

In filings through the Government Accountability Project, Borges’ lawyers claimed DOGE officials built “a live copy” of Social Security data in a cloud environment that bypassed oversight, potentially exposing names, dates and places of birth, parents’ Social Security numbers, and citizenship records. Borges said his warnings to leadership were ignored, contributing to a hostile work environment and his resignation in August.

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