SSA Whistleblower Says DOGE Data Misuse Was Ignored for Months After DOJ Confirms Improper Social Security Sharing
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A Jan. 16 DOJ filing and related SSA disclosures say employees from the Department of Health and Human Services’ DOGE team detailed to SSA last March improperly put sensitive Social Security data on nonsecure third‑party servers, sent password‑protected files to outside affiliates, and in some cases retained access even after a judge’s temporary restraining order — and agency officials now say they do not know the full extent of what was exposed. Whistleblower Chuck Borges says he repeatedly warned leadership that DOGE copied a massive SSA dataset and was sidelined after complaining, and the filings disclose two DOGE staff secretly consulted a political advocacy group to try to match SSA data with voter rolls (prompting a referral for possible Hatch Act violations) while correcting earlier sworn statements about the scope of access.
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