A whistleblower alleges that a former senior DOGE official copied Social Security numbers, names, and birthdates for more than 300 million Americans to a private cloud server accessible by other former DOGE employees. Career cybersecurity officials described the copying decision as "very high risk" and warned it might require reissuing Social Security numbers if the server were breached. The copied data resided inside the SSA's AWS cloud environment but reportedly lacked the agency's usual security controls, monitoring, and oversight. The complaint claims the copying constitutes legal and managerial violations and creates substantial public risk. The SSA stated that its data remained secure.
"constitute violations of laws, rules and regulations, abuse of authority, gross mismanagement, and creation of a substantial and specific threat to public health and safety."
"the cloud environment appeared to be set up for DOGE-affiliated Social Security staffers but that it "lacks independent security, monitoring and oversight." She said Borges "has serious concerns about the vulnerability it causes for nearly every American's data."
"very high risk"
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