Overview

• The report released Thursday by Sen. Gary Peters and Democratic Homeland Security staff alleges DOGE personnel uploaded sensitive federal data without required safeguards or oversight.
• Investigators say live Social Security Administration datasets, including files with Social Security numbers, were moved into cloud environments lacking verified security controls.
• Former SSA chief data officer Chuck Borges reports DOGE staff held broader access than he did to all Americans’ personal data in a cloud setup without standard agency visibility, naming SSA-based DOGE employee Edward Coristine as a key figure.
• An internal SSA risk assessment cited in the report estimates a 35–65% likelihood of a data breach with catastrophic adverse effect in those cloud environments.
• SSA disputes parts of the complaints, saying the referenced data reside in a longstanding, internet-isolated system with administrative access by senior agency officials.