By Matt Underwood DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says, and honestly, it’s hard to even begin to process the potential fallout from something like this. You know how people say “move fast and break things” as if it’s some kind of winning strategy? Well, it’s a terrible approach when you’re dealing with the foundational elements of a government, especially when those elements involve safeguarding the sensitive personal information of millions of citizens.
This whole situation seems to stem from a blatant disregard for the rules, and apparently, the well-being of the American people. It’s a pretty sad story, because from what’s been reported, DOGE wasn’t exactly focused on making the government better or more efficient. The savings they claimed to have achieved were vastly overstated, and there’s little evidence that these initiatives actually benefited anyone, whether that be in terms of cost savings or improved services.
The alarming thing is, they didn’t just dip their toes in the water, they dove headfirst into critical government systems. There’s evidence now suggesting that DOGE had access to a huge amount of data, and in the blink of an eye, someone with an IP address from Russia was trying to log in using newly created DOGE accounts. The fact that they had the correct username and password, is beyond disturbing. Who knows what the potential scope of this security breach really was, the potential for damage is unfathomable.
It’s not a stretch to imagine that this may have been happening across multiple government agencies. This wasn’t about efficiency; it was potentially the worst government security breach in US history. They seemed to zero in on the most sensitive databases, and anyone who stood in their way was swiftly removed. I mean, imagine, having your social security number out there in the wild! It’s the kind of thing that keeps you up at night.
I think many of us weren’t shocked by this, it’s really almost as if it was preordained. And frankly, the extent of the damage will probably take years to fully realize. People are understandably furious about the potential for espionage here. It goes way beyond negligence. It’s a disaster waiting to happen. This is espionage, plain and simple.
It’s pretty clear, competent people weren’t eager to touch this with a ten-foot pole. The fact that the Supreme Court may have given DOGE a green light is a whole other can of worms. But the ultimate goal here was to break the government, so in a twisted sense, this “worked”. All this in service of an agenda. People may not realize that the very system they’ve worked so hard to pay into is the same system they are essentially cheering to be destroyed.
What’s truly disturbing is the mindset of those who were cheering for the destruction. Those cheering on destruction, have spent their entire lives paying into these systems and are willing to hand over their hard work and savings to those they barely understand. They are enabling this recklessness by supporting the very people that are trying to destroy the government’s systems.
And what are they doing it for? To train Grok, of course. It’s pretty simple as that. They were hoping to beat OpenAI and others. DOGE was essentially a backdoor operation to gain access to data. The login attempts made in Russia just seconds after DOGE staff were given credentials raises all sorts of concerns. The Doge goons might have their systems already rooted by Russia or they’re willingly cooperating with Russian hackers. Both scenarios are equally horrifying.
Honestly, who is surprised? The irony is that the government actually works pretty efficiently with limited and antiquated resources. This whole thing exposed how little effect “big government” and “too much spending” has, especially when you consider that only a small percentage of the budget is discretionary spending. The rest goes to the things that really matter: defense, old people, and interest.
We’re talking about a group of the most corrupt and exploitative people in the world. The data could be with anyone at this point. We have to expect the worst, plus the unthinkable. And that’s why government waste, fraud and abuse makes the news, because it’s rare or wildly illegal. It makes you wonder what we’re even supposed to do with this.