A top Social Security administrator turned whistleblower officially resigned his position Friday, citing an “intolerable working environment” and a “culture of fear.” Charles Borges said the hostilities began to take shape after he voiced concerns about the storage of hundreds of millions of Americans’ personal data on an unsecured cloud server.
In a letter dated Aug. 29, Borges said his resignation was “involuntary,” but that actions taken by the Social Security Administration (SSA) were making it impossible for him to carry out his responsibilities “legally and ethically.” Borges added, “my duties…have caused me serious attendant mental, physical, and emotional distress, and constitute a constructive discharge.”
On Tuesday, Borges, who formerly served as the SSA’s chief data officer, filed a whistleblower complaint, alleging that the personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans was potentially compromised when it was uploaded to a cloud server without oversight.
“This vulnerable cloud environment,” the complaint said, “contains all data submitted in an application for a United States Social Security card, including the name of the applicant, place and date of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, parents’ names and social security numbers, phone number, address and other personal information.”
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