Doge may store SSN for every American on an unsafe cloud server

New report From Democrats in the Senate The members of the DOGE team in Elon Musk can reach the social security numbers for all Americans in a cloud servant who lacks security measures, despite the internal assessment of potential “catastrophic” risks. The report, He was released by Senator Gary Peters (D-Mi) Several disclosure of the informants, including the person who said a worse scenario could include the release of SSNS for everyone in the country.

like Explained in the reportDOGE employees transmitted a direct copy of the personal information of Americans to a cloud server despite the evaluation of the internal risks conducted by the Social Security Administration (SSA) that determined that the effect may be “catastrophic” without the appropriate guarantees. The report indicates that this information is “production data”, which may allow DOGE to “direct treatment.”

In addition to SSNS, it is said that the database includes the place of Americans, the date of birth, the status of the work permit, and the names of the parents. Possible security threats range from data violations by foreign opponents, such as Russia, China and Iran, to write down the employees themselves, including Edward “Korestin”, who had unrestricted access to information and And according to what was reported, it was dismissed From previous internal training to leak sensitive data.

The Senate Committee for Internal Security and Government Affairs issued the report, which raises concerns about the activity of Duj in the Public Services Department and the Personnel Management Office.

Meanwhile, SSA officials, who usually guarantee the security infrastructure of the agency, have not been able to monitor the work of Dog. Employees who supervise Dog found that it is working at a high level of secrecy, as armed guards control “access to work and living spaces”, while the rooms remained closed, and it seems that office windows were covered in a hurry with black garbage bags and the tape “, according to the report. The interviews report the violations draw a picture of work spaces that carry” piles “from laptops and offices that are converted into rooms Special sleep, including one that contains a queen bed, a cabinet and a large gauze TV.

Democrats in the Senate calls for the Trump administration to close the cloudy dog ​​environment, as well as to cancel Dog’s access to personal information so that the agencies can ratify that they are following privacy laws. They also recommend issuing all information about the data that DOGE staff enables access to.

The report says: “Dog is exposing the most sensitive data to Americans to danger, while its employees work under a layer of secrecy that protect them from meaningful supervision and accountability,” the report says. “This environment results in dangerous weaknesses of cybersecurity, privacy violations, and the risk of corruption that can open the most sensitive information for Americans to target harmful actors … or work to take advantage of Doug employees and private companies, many of which maintain strong relationships.”