A whistleblower warns a mishandled cloud copy of Social Security data could put millions at lifelong risk and force SSNs to change.

According to a protected disclosure filed with the Office of Special Counsel, Borges told the Government Accountability Project that DOGE officials working at Social Security created a “live copy” of the country’s Social Security records in a separate cloud environment that sidestepped usual security checks.

The group says those lapses put the Social Security information of more than 300 million Americans at risk.

  • Holytimes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    It’s not a perfect fit for anything that requires security. It was never meant to be a SECURE identifier. Just AN identifier.