DOGE put Social Security numbers on cloud server at risk of hacking: Senate Democrat
Source: The Hill
09/26/25 4:21 PM ET
A report issued Thursday accuses the Department of Government Efficiency of putting millions of Americans personal information in an unsecured cloud server.
Released by Senate Homeland Security Committee ranking member Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), the report describes unprecedented privacy and cybersecurity risks by the agency, which one whistleblower warned could end with every American needing to be issued a new Social Security number.
Chuck Borges, former chief data officer at the Social Security Administration (SSA), filed a whistleblower complaint in August, revealing the existence of DOGEs vulnerable cloud environment. His accusations of DOGEs mishandling of Americans personal information came after an appeals court ruled that DOGE could continue accessing sensitive federal data.
The report, compiled by the committees Democratic staff cites multiple whistleblowers, including Borges, and states that DOGE staffers had been granted permission to move highly sensitive SSA data into an unmonitored cloud environment. Authorization to upload live SSA data to the cloud environment was apparently granted, according to whistleblower disclosures, by Michael Russo and Aram Moghaddassi, both of whom are DOGE-affiliated, the report continues.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5524103-report-accuses-doge-ssn-data-breach/
Link to Senator Gary Peters' REPORT (PDF) - https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/DOGE_REPORT_FINAL_7.pdf

Hotler
(13,442 posts)millions of Americans.
wolfie001
(6,218 posts)They should be charged with stealing our identity for political purposes. Nasty mf'ers.
llmart
(16,878 posts)
A week ago my son told me the following story. He is a software engineer for NASA at KSC. He and others working on the Artemis II program were required to update a background check for their security clearances. He said there was a line for Social Security number and he was tempted to write in, "Ask Elon. He knows everyone's."
OldBaldy1701E
(9,128 posts)Anyone who has had their Social Security number or identity stolen in the last eight months should be on that suit.
Let them sort out which ones have merit. Hit that loon with as many suits as we can. Keep him in a court room.
FakeNoose
(38,756 posts)Why would it be announced in The Hill or any other publication, if the data hasn't been secured yet?
BOSSHOG
(43,732 posts)C Moon
(13,206 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(1,549 posts)Since June '25, three separate attempts and my wife also three on her own debit and credit cards.
As a result, I'm closing half of my accounts. I suspect Doge as a possible reason.
Multiply our recent experiences by just 5% and credit card companies might start taking notice. How about just closing foreign call centers for a start. Doge needs to go and then they need to be tracked at the very least, monetarily.
Gore1FL
(22,605 posts)Everything has been vulnerable for a long time.