Whistle-blower says Trump’s DOGE uploaded the entire Social Security database to a vulnerable server — exposing the personal info of hundreds of millions of Americans.

In August 2025, Charles Borges, who served as the Chief Data Officer of the Social Security Administration (SSA), filed a formal whistleblower complaint alleging that personnel associated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had copied a sensitive Social Security database known as the NUMIDENT database. The complaint detailed that this data was moved to a custom, third-party cloud environment without adhering to established agency security protocols or oversight.

Reporting from that time highlighted significant concerns regarding the exposure of personal information belonging to a vast number of Americans due to the lack of proper protection in this temporary storage environment.indiatoday.inindiatoday.inElon Musks Doge Compromised Sensitive Social Security Data Whistleblower Glbs...He alleged that individuals affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had copied a massive Social Security database (the NUMIDENT database) and stored it in a "vulnerable" custom cloud environment without proper...whistleblowersblog.orgwhistleblowersblog.orgWhistleblower Warns of Possible Doge Related Social Security Data LeakThe Whistleblower Complaint: In August 2025, Charles Borges, then-Chief Data Officer (CDO) of the Social Security Administration (SSA), filed a formal whistleblower complaint Scope of Data: Reports indicate the database in question...