A whistleblower complaint has accused Trump administration officials of putting the personal information of nearly every American at risk. Charles Borges, the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer, says members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a team of former Musk employees tapped by Trump, copied the SSA’s Numerical Identification System to an Amazon-hosted cloud environment in June. The database holds more than 450 million sensitive records, including Social Security numbers, birth data, citizenship details, financial information, and even health history.
Borges warned the move bypassed oversight and left the system open to “catastrophic” exposure, including the possibility of having to reissue Social Security numbers nationwide. His complaint alleges the new cloud lacked basic independent security controls and allowed DOGE operatives administrator access, raising the risk that sensitive data could be made publicly accessible.
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Internal documents show top SSA officials approved the transfer despite the risks, with the agency’s CIO calling the business need “higher than the security risk.” The SSA insists the data remains secure and “walled off from the internet,” but Borges is urging Congress to act, calling for immediate oversight to prevent a potential national security and privacy disaster.
