Overview

• SSA chief data officer Charles Borges filed the whistle-blower complaint naming Department of Government Efficiency personnel.
• He alleges DOGE uploaded a complete copy of the Social Security database to an insecure cloud environment in June.
• The dataset includes all issued Social Security numbers along with names, addresses, and dates of birth, putting hundreds of millions at potential identity-theft risk.
• The disclosure is fueling lawsuits that seek to block young DOGE engineers at the Musk-built agency from reaching confidential government data.
• The allegations were first detailed by the New York Times and are undergoing legal and administrative review, with no confirmed breach reported.