Elon Musk’s Doge put sensitive social security data at risk, whistleblower says

Elon Musk’s Doge put sensitive social security data at risk, whistleblower says

Curated from US news | The Guardian — Here’s what matters right now:

SSA official alleges that Doge staff uploaded personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans to vulnerable cloud server US politics live – latest updates Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) copied and uploaded sensitive Social Security Administration (SSA) data to a vulnerable cloud server, potentially risking the safety of hundreds of millions of Americans and violating federal privacy laws, according to a whistleblower complaint filed on Tuesday. The complaint from Charles Borges, the chief data officer at the SSA, alleges that Doge staffers effectively created a live copy of the entire country’s social security data from its numerical identification system database. The information is a goldmine for bad actors, the complaint alleges, and was placed on a server without independent oversight that only Doge officials could access. Continue reading...

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Original reporting: US news | The Guardian

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