SSA Admits Musk-Linked DOGE Accessed and Shared Sensitive Social Security Data
The Social Security Administration now admits that members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, accessed and shared sensitive personal data while working inside the agency last year, according to newly updated court filings.
The disclosures raise serious questions about federal data security and possible misuse of protected information by political actors embedded in a civilian agency.
According to the court filing, one DOGE team member signed an agreement with an unnamed political advocacy group seeking to analyze state voter rolls to “find evidence of voter fraud and to overturn election results,” but SSA says it hasn’t yet seen evidence that agency data was actually transferred to the group.
In another instance, a DOGE employee shared personally identifiable information for about 1,000 people in an encrypted email, yet agency officials say they don’t know what specifically was in the file or whether that information is still accessible.
SSA also disclosed that DOGE staff shared SSA data on third-party cloud servers that were “outside SSA’s security protocols” and that the agency still cannot determine what was shared or whether it remains on those servers.
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“This court filing validates the first two pieces of that puzzle,” said whistleblower Chuck Borges, former SSA chief data officer, on PBS NewsHour.
The revelations matter because they confirm elements of a whistleblower complaint alleging misuse of personal information by a politically embedded team within a federal agency, raising privacy and legal risks for millions of Americans.
Litigation over DOGE’s access to SSA systems continues, and lawmakers and watchdogs are calling for deeper investigation into what data was accessed and how it was used.
What happens next is expected to include congressional oversight hearings and further court review of DOGE’s access to and handling of federal databases.
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