Whistleblower: DOGE Allegedly Uploaded SSA Numident Database to Unsecured Cloud
Charles Borges, the Social Security Administration’s Chief Data Officer, has filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that employees of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uploaded a copy of the Numident Social Security database to an unsecured cloud environment in June. The complaint warns this may have exposed the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans.
Key points
- Who filed: Charles Borges, SSA Chief Data Officer.
- What: A copy of the Numident database (names, Social Security numbers, birth info, citizenship, race/ethnicity, addresses, parents’ names, including deceased records).
- When: Uploaded in June (complaint filed in August).
- Allegation: The cloud environment lacked security oversight and did not follow SSA protocols; approvals were fast-tracked by SSA CIO Aram Moghaddassi and a DOGE official.
- Risk: Potential mass identity theft, loss of benefits, expensive reissuance of SSNs if compromised.
- SSA response: Agency says it is “not aware of any compromise” and that the data is stored in a longstanding environment walled off from the internet.
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Note: This summary is based on the whistleblower disclosure and subsequent reporting. The SSA denies any known breach; investigations and oversight may continue.