DOGE Employees Shared Social Security Data, Court Filing Shows
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- Employees from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) detailed to the Social Security Administration (SSA) shared sensitive data via a nonsecure third-party server, violating agency security policies, according to a Justice Department court filing.
- The SSA is uncertain about the specific data shared or whether it remains on the third-party server, raising concerns about potential broad exposure of sensitive information.
- The disclosure follows a whistle-blower complaint filed last August by the SSA’s chief data officer, who alleged that DOGE employees had shared a critical database on a private server.
- The Justice Department’s filing corrects earlier false statements by senior SSA officials claiming that DOGE employees’ access to sensitive data had been revoked, with inconsistencies uncovered during an internal
