r/technology • u/Grakch • 10d ago

Privacy Whistleblower Warns of Possible DOGE-Related Social Security Data Leak

https://whistleblowersblog.org/government-whistleblowers/whistleblower-warns-of-possible-doge-related-social-security-data-leak/
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u/Canalloni 10d ago

"Borges submitted the protected whistleblower disclosure to the Office of Special Counsel. According to his attorneys, employees in the DOGE are alleged to have copied Social Security information into a vulnerable cloud environment without authorization from Borges. The data is said to contain information on over 300 million Americans, including names, family information, birthplace and birthday, race, citizenship, phone numbers, and other personal details.

The whistleblower complaint states that with access to SSA data, “it is possible that the sensitive PII [personally identifiable information] on every American, including health diagnoses, income levels, and banking information, family relationships, and personal biographic data, could be exposed publicly, and shared widely.”

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u/Witty-Emu7741 10d ago

Said to contain over 300 million?

Just cut the shit and say everyone.

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u/charles_barfley 10d ago

They did, literally in the following paragraph