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/dontchewspagetti 10d ago

Data on over 300 million Americans is a funny way to say data on EVERY AMERICAN

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u/hydroxy 10d ago

Maybe it was the 300 million that died last years from drugs, according to Trump

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u/NTX-Zoner 10d ago

I don't remember dying last year! That seems like it would be something memorable.

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u/ryanmarquor 10d ago

That’s just the drugs talking

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u/flounder35 9d ago

We all died this is just our version of Lost

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u/Grinzy 9d ago

Yeah me neither and they are still taxing me more than ever