Whistleblower Reveals Unprecedented Social Security Database Security Breach

| Importance: 10/10 | Status: confirmed

Chief Data Officer Charles Borges exposed a critical national security vulnerability involving an unauthorized copy of the entire NUMIDENT Social Security database. Senior DOGE-affiliated officials uploaded a live copy of sensitive personal information for over 450 million Americans to an unsecured cloud environment, potentially compromising the personal data of hundreds of millions.

Key Details:

  • NUMIDENT database contains comprehensive personal identifiers: Social Security numbers, names, birthdates, citizenship data, and family details
  • Database copy made in June 2025 without proper security protocols
  • Whistleblower complaint filed through Government Accountability Project
  • Cloud environment lacks independent security monitoring
  • Potential ‘catastrophic impact’ if database is compromised

Significance: Represents a profound systemic risk in government data management, highlighting institutional capture mechanisms and the dangers of creating new government departments with insufficient oversight and cybersecurity protocols.

Key Actors

Charles Borges John Solly Michael Russo Aram Moghaddassi Social Security Administration Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Andrea Meza

Tags

data-breach whistleblower social-security cybersecurity national-security institutional-capture government-inefficiency personal-data-risk cloud-security identity-theft-risk

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