The database contains records of all #SocialSecurity numbers issued by the #federal #government. It includes individuals’ full names, addresses & birth dates, among other details that could be used to steal their identities, making it one of the nation’s most sensitive repositories of #PersonalInformation.
The account by the #whistleblower, Charles Borges, underscores concerns that have led to lawsuits seeking to block young software engineers at the agency built by #ElonMusk from having access to #confidential government #data. In his complaint, Borges said #DOGE members copied the data to an internal agency server that only DOGE could access, forgoing the type of “independent security monitoring” normally required under agency policy for such sensitive data & creating “enormous vulnerabilities.”