A government whistleblower just dropped a bombshell that should terrify every patriotic American. The Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, copied over 300 million Social Security numbers to a risky cloud server. This puts the personal data of hardworking Americans at serious risk.
The whistleblower is Gabriel Borges, who works as the top data officer at Social Security. He filed an official complaint saying DOGE ignored safety rules and put our private information in danger. Borges warned that bad guys could steal this data and ruin millions of lives through identity theft.
Here’s what really makes your blood boil. Government officials knew this was dangerous but did it anyway. One official even wrote that the “business need is higher than the security risk” and he would “accept all risks.” That’s not his choice to make with our personal information.
DOGE was supposed to cut government waste and make things work better for the people. Instead, they may have created the biggest security nightmare in American history. Every Social Security number ever issued could now be at risk from hackers and foreign enemies.
The good news is that no actual data theft has happened yet. Government officials say the information is still secure and protected from bad actors. But the risk is real and scary for every American family.
This mess started when DOGE demanded access to Social Security data earlier this year. The original Social Security boss refused and stepped down rather than hand over our private information. The Supreme Court later said DOGE could have the data anyway.
Democrats and union groups sued to stop this madness, and a federal court ordered DOGE to delete the copied data. But the damage may already be done if our information sits exposed in some cloud server. Congressional investigators need to get to the bottom of this right now.
American families deserve better than this reckless handling of their most private information. We trusted government efficiency experts to protect us, not put our life savings and identities at risk. Every politician involved in this disaster needs to answer to the American people.
