Members of the U.S. DOGE Service uploaded personal information from more than 300 million Americans to an unsecure cloud server, the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer contended in a whistleblower report Tuesday.

What You Need To Know

• Members of the U.S. DOGE Service uploaded personal information from more than 300 million Americans to an unsecure cloud server, the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer contended in a whistleblower report


• Whistleblower Chuck Borges came forward because of the risk that the data could be leaked or hacked as a result of this setup, according to the Government Accountability Project


• “Should bad actors gain access to this cloud environment, Americans may be susceptible to widespread identity theft, may lose vital healthcare and food benefits, and the government may be responsible for re-issuing every American a new Social Security Number at great cost,” the whistleblower protection group wrote in a disclosure statement


• A spokesperson for the Social Security Administration said in a statement that all whistleblower complaints are taken seriously, and that the agency was not aware of “any compromise to this environment” and remained “dedicated to protecting sensitive personal data”

Whistleblower Chuck Borges came forward because of the risk that the data could be leaked or hacked as a result of this setup, according to the Government Accountability Project.

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