US EditionWhistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job: Washington Post
A whistleblower alleges a former DOGE engineer took two restricted Social Security databases with data on over 500 million Americans to a private employer, prompting a federal investigation.
- A whistleblower complaint reported by The Washington Post alleges a former Department of Government Efficiency software engineer removed Americans' personal data from the U.S. Social Security Administration and stored it on a thumb drive.
- He worked at the U.S. Social Security Administration last year and left in October to join a government contractor, where he told colleagues he 'possessed two tightly restricted databases of U.S. citizens' information'.
- Named databases included the 'Numident' and the 'Master Death File', which could cover records for more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers and birth data.
- Observers say the episode adds to a pattern of concerns about DOGE's work at the SSA, with earlier allegations of two DOGE members accessing off-limits Social Security numbers and a judge blocking DOGE from SSA systems last year.
- The Social Security Administration inspector general is investigating the whistleblower complaint; at least a dozen DOGE employees worked at the agency.
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