Overview
- Democratic staff on the Senate Homeland Security panel released a 44-page report alleging DOGE copied the SSA’s Numident file into an unmonitored cloud with no verified security controls.
- An internal SSA risk assessment cited in the report estimated a 35% to 65% chance of a breach with catastrophic impact if additional safeguards were not implemented.
- Whistleblowers, including former SSA chief data officer Chuck Borges, said DOGE staff had broad access to personal data, and the report flags a staffer previously fired for mishandling information.
- Site visits described unusual secrecy at GSA, OPM, and SSA facilities, including armed guards, locked rooms, windows covered with trash bags, and denied inspections of Starlink equipment.
- The report urges revoking DOGE access to sensitive data and shutting down the cloud environment pending certification of compliance with federal security and privacy laws, while SSA and OPM challenge key findings and report no detected breach.