On Friday, Charles Borges, the Social Security Administration's chief data officer, resigned after filing a whistleblower complaint alleging security risks tied to the President Donald Trump administration-backed efforts to modernize the agency's data systems.
In his resignation letter to SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano, Borges said he felt forced to step down because of "SSA’s actions against me, which make my duties impossible to perform legally and ethically," reported CBS News.
He described a "hostile work environment," citing isolation, retaliation and a "culture of panic and dread" under new leadership.
Borges had alleged that employees with the Department of Government Efficiency uploaded a copy of the nation's Social Security data to a "vulnerable cloud environment." He said repeated requests for clarity on data practices were "rebuffed or ignored."
Andrea Meza, an attorney with the Government Accountability Project representing Borges, said he could no longer, in good conscience, work for SSA, given what he had witnessed, adding he will continue cooperating with oversight bodies.
SSA spokesperson Nick Perrine said earlier that the data in question is stored in a long-standing environment used by SSA and walled off from the internet, adding that the agency is "not...
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