Members of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency exposed Social Security data of more than 300 million Americans, putting personal information at risk of being leaked or hacked into, according to a bombshell whistleblower report.
A disclosure filed to the government’s top ethics office Tuesday alleges that a DOGE team had uploaded a copy of agency data for virtually every American to a vulnerable cloud server.
The data included addresses, birth dates and other sensitive information that could be used to steal identities.
The whistleblower disclosure from Charles Borges, the agency’s chief data officer, accuses DOGE personnel of copying a live set of data without any independent security or oversight measures in place.
His statement underscores prior warnings from watchdog groups and lawsuits that tried to block the Elon Musk-founded group of young engineers from wreaking havoc across federal agencies.
Borges uncovered “serious data security lapses, evidently orchestrated by DOGE officials” that “risk the security of over 300 million Americans’ Social Security data,” according to the complaint, viewed by The Independent.
His disclosure alleges “systemic data security violations, uninhibited administrative access to highly sensitive production environments, and potential violations” of security protocols and federal privacy laws by DOGE personnel — including Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, the 19-year-old at the center of a wave of controversial policies inside...
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