Washington (AP) – Over 300 million Americans social security The data was at risk after an official from the government’s efficiency department uploaded sensitive information to a cloud account that was not subject to surveillance. Whistleblower disclosure It was submitted to the special advisor’s office on Tuesday.
Whistleblower Charles Borges Social Security Bureau Potential confidential information at risk of being released since January includes health checks, income, banking information, family relationships and personal biographies.
“If a bad actor accesses this cloud environment, Americans are susceptible to widespread identity theft, leaving them with critical healthcare and food benefits, and the government may be responsible for reissuing large new social security numbers to all Americans,” the complaint said.
The complaints were filed by the Government Accountability Project and addressed to House and Senate overseers. It calls for the authorities to “take appropriate surveillance measures.”
The whistleblower report has been given to a huge crowd of government-wide personal data under the orders that it is the latest complaint of President Donald Trump’s Doge and the unprecedented access granted by the Republican administration. Labor and retirement groups sued SSA, which aims to enable Doge to access sensitive institutional data for Americans, decided earlier this month that Doge will have access to information.
In a statement, the SSA said it took the whistleblower complaint seriously but appears to be disregarding Borges’ accusations.
“SSA stores all personal data in a secure environment with robust safeguards to protect important information. The data referenced in the complaint is stored in the long-standing environment used by SSA and is surrounded by the internet. High-level carrier SSA personnel have administrative access to this system because they are not protecting the SSA’s information security team to protect the environment they protect.
Borges’ complaints tell him that he believes the upload is an abuse of authority, poses a major threat to public health and safety, and potentially violates the law.
Andrea Meza, the attorney representing Borges, said her clients have released information “from an urgency and obligation to the American people.”