August 29, 2025
Social Security Whistleblower Resigns After Revealing Millions of Americans’ Data Was Put at Risk
WASHINGTON—In the wake of revelations that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) officials employed by the Social Security Administration (SSA) put the Social Security information of over 300 million Americans at risk by placing a live copy of this data in a vulnerable cloud environment that circumvented standard oversight, whistleblower Charles Borges, the Chief Data Officer (CDO) at the SSA, has resigned.
Andrea Meza, an attorney for Borges with the Government Accountability Project, said:
“Mr. Borges informed Congress this week through a protected whistleblower disclosure of his grave concerns that the private information of Americans—including their Social Security numbers—was copied to a server without proper oversight or security controls. He no longer felt that he could continue to work for the Social Security Administration in good conscience given what he had witnessed. He will continue to work with the proper oversight bodies and will refrain from making any further comments at this time.”
The full text of Mr. Borges’ resignation letter can be found here.
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