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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Whistleblower alleges former DOGE employee bragged about stealing Americans' private information · American Wire News
A whistleblower has reportedly alleged that a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) engineer working in the Social Security Administration (SSA) bragged about sharing info from the agency’s databases with his private employer. The SSA Inspector General is investigating the matter, according to the Washington Post. The whistleblower complaint specifically says that the DOGE engineer bragged about having databases containing the confidential …
A former software engineer at the US Office of Government Efficiency (Doge), led by billionaire Elon Musk, allegedly stole Americans' private data from Social Security Administration computers and used it in his new job, the American newspaper Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
Whistleblower: DOGE Employee Bragged About Stealing SS Database
The Social Security Administration’s inspector general is investigating a complaint that a former U.S. DOGE Service employee claimed he had access to two highly sensitive agency databases and planned to share the information with his private employer. This breach of security protocols could affect more than 70 million Americans. The IG is investigating the disclosure and has alerted members of Congress, according to a letter by the acting inspec…
Whistleblower: Fmr DOGE Worker Had Social Security Data
A former employee at the Department of Government Efficiency allegedly told his private employer that he planned to share information from two highly sensitive Social Security databases he had access to, according to a whistleblower.
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