Doge Employee Stole Social Security Data on Thumb Drive
A former software engineer from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been accused of stealing personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans from the Social Security Administration, including Social Security numbers and birth dates, and storing it on a thumb drive. This alleged theft occurred after the engineer left the SSA for a government contractor, where he reportedly bragged about possessing two restricted databases, “Numident” and the “Master Death File.” The Social Security Administration spokesperson denied the allegations, calling the report “fake news,” while the SSA’s inspector general is reportedly investigating the whistleblower complaint, marking the latest in a series of concerns surrounding DOGE’s involvement with the agency’s sensitive data.
John Q. Hosedrinker