Social Security Watchdog Investigating Claims That Doge Engineer Copied Its Databases

The inspector general's agency of nan Social Security Administration is investigating allegations of a information breach by a personnel of nan alleged Department of Government Efficiency cognition spearheaded by Elon Musk. A whistleblower has claimed that a erstwhile package technologist from DOGE said he possessed 2 databases from nan SSA, "Numident" and nan "Master Death File." The personification reportedly asked for thief transferring nan databases from a thumb thrust "to his individual machine truthful that he could ‘sanitize’ nan information earlier utilizing it astatine [the company]," an unnamed authorities contractor wherever he is presently employed. Those databases see individual accusation astir much than 500 cardinal surviving and deceased Americans.

The Washington Post reported that nan whistleblower title was revenge pinch nan inspector wide successful January. "When The Post contacted nan agency and nan institution successful January, some said they had not heard of nan complaint. Both said they subsequently looked into nan allegations and did not find grounds to corroborate nan claims," nan publication said. It is unclear why nan title is now being investigated and neither statement offered remark this week for The Post's article. The SSA watchdog informed some members of Congress and nan Government Accountability Office of its investigation.

These allegations travel a different whistleblower title revenge last August astir DOGE entree and mishandling of information from nan SSA. Charles Borges, erstwhile main information serviceman astatine nan agency, claimed that a SSA database was stored successful an unsecured unreality environment. "This is perfectly nan worst-case scenario," Borges told The Post of nan latest claims. "There could beryllium 1 aliases a cardinal copies of it, and we will ne'er cognize now."