Overview

• Democratic staff on the Senate Homeland Security Committee allege DOGE uploaded SSA’s NUMIDENT file to a cloud system without verified safeguards, citing a June SSA assessment that put the likelihood of a catastrophic breach at 35% to 65%.
• Sen. Gary Peters urges the administration to shut down the cloud environment and revoke DOGE’s access to sensitive data until agencies certify compliance with federal privacy and cybersecurity laws.
• Whistleblower accounts describe DOGE personnel with broad, unmonitored access to Americans’ Social Security numbers and other PII, naming staffer Edward Coristine as having unfettered access despite past data-misconduct concerns.
• Site visits detailed unusually secretive workspaces with armed guards, locked rooms, and windows covered with trash bags, and raised concerns a Starlink setup at GSA could bypass agency IT oversight.
• The SSA says NUMIDENT remains in a longstanding, monitored environment with no unauthorized access or leaks, and OPM calls claims of embedded DOGE teams unfounded, even as audits and oversight inquiries continue.