• SSA’s chief data officer alleged that DOGE copied the full Social Security database of over 300 million Americans to a vulnerable cloud server with no oversight.
• Internal security officials called the project “high risk” with possible “catastrophic impact,” but DOGE leaders went through with it regardless.
• The SSA insists there was no breach, but the case has triggered congressional scrutiny, ACLU action, and renewed concerns over DOGE’s role in handling federal data.

DOGE allegedly risked the social security data of over 300 million Americans in June, according to Charles Borges, a high-ranking official at the Social Security Administration office.

The Social Security Administration’s chief data officer has accused the controversial federal agency, DOGE, of putting the personal information of virtually every American at risk by mishandling one of the government’s most sensitive databases.

Whistleblower alleges DOGE put Americans’ Social Security data at risk

In a whistleblower complaint filed with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel and Congress, Charles Borges said the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uploaded a copy of the Numident file, containing the names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, and addresses of over 300 million people, to a vulnerable cloud server in June.

Borges stated that there was no evidence that the data had been breached or misused. But he warned that the lack of independent oversight and audit mechanisms left Americans exposed to...

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