"operates outside of, and even counter to, federal law and their purported efficiency and transparency goals."
"This environment results in serious cybersecurity vulnerabilities, privacy violations, and risk of corruption that could open Americans' most sensitive information to targeting by malicious actors or allow it to be used in ways that violate fundamental privacy rights - or serve to benefit DOGE employees and the private companies with which many maintain strong ties,"
"had access to personal data on all Americans, including Social Security numbers (SSNs), in a cloud environment without any verified security controls and without standard agency visibility into their use of that data"
Department of Government Efficiency personnel uploaded sensitive Americans' personal information into cloud environments lacking necessary safeguards and oversight. Department operations contravened federal law and purported efficiency and transparency goals. The unit was established by President Donald Trump to reduce federal employees and spending and to modernize federal technology. DOGE employees collected and handled confidential agency data without standard restrictions, including Social Security numbers, and in some instances uploaded live agency data into vulnerable cloud servers. Whistleblower complaints and officials warned that these practices created cybersecurity vulnerabilities, privacy violations, and potential corruption benefiting employees and affiliated private companies.
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