A recent report from National Public Radio (NPR) has detailed alarming allegations of data mishandling and security breaches at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The whistleblower, Daniel Berulis, an information technology (IT) employee with the NLRB, alleges a series of alarming actions taken by Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) team. Mr. Berulis’s complaint describes multiple instances of unauthorized system access, suspicious data exportation, and attempts to conceal DOGE’s activities within the NLRB systems. The allegations raise serious concerns about the security of sensitive labor data and the potential for conflicts of interest involving Mr. Musk.
According to the whistleblower, the DOGE team arrived at the agency in March 2025 demanding and receiving “tenant owner level” access to the NLRB’s internal computer systems, granting them virtually unrestricted permission to view, copy, and alter data.
Mr. Berulis reports that this data includes “information about ongoing contested labor cases, lists of union activists, internal case notes, personal information from Social Security numbers to home addresses, proprietary corporate data and more information that never gets published openly.”
Because DOGE received this high-level access without the common security constraints that monitor network activity, Mr. Berulis had limited ability to track any potential breaches in real time. However, Mr....
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