Post AxZ9eAT38fJaj2hpVA by saprentice@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AxZ7Ql9JlCgsWsxHVo by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-08-26T15:14:51Z
       
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       #GiftArticle#DOGE Put Critical #SocialSecurity Data at Risk, #WhistleBlower SaysDOGE team members uploaded a database with the #PersonalInformation of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server, according to the agency’s chief data officer.#Trump #Musk #InfoSec #privacy #law https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/doge-social-security-data.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hE8.TyKa.8TjUsntnon_C&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
       
 (DIR) Post #AxZ7cOCQueaWpKxRy4 by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-08-26T15:16:56Z
       
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       Members of #DOGE uploaded a copy of a crucial #SocialSecurity database in June to a vulnerable #cloud server, putting the #PersonalInformation of hundreds of millions of Americans at risk of being leaked or hacked, according to a #whistleblower complaint filed by the Social Security Administration’s chief #data officer.#Trump #Musk #InfoSec #privacy #law
       
 (DIR) Post #AxZ7iEdDOp6atEGwyG by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-08-26T15:17:59Z
       
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       The database contains records of all #SocialSecurity numbers issued by the #federal #government. It includes individuals’ full names, addresses & birth dates, among other details that could be used to steal their identities, making it one of the nation’s most sensitive repositories of #PersonalInformation.#Trump #Musk #DOGE #InfoSec #privacy #law
       
 (DIR) Post #AxZ7qgzJr28d9We0Aq by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-08-26T15:19:31Z
       
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       The account by the #whistleblower, Charles Borges, underscores concerns that have led to lawsuits seeking to block young software engineers at the agency built by #ElonMusk from having access to #confidential government #data. In his complaint, Borges said #DOGE members copied the data to an internal agency server that only DOGE could access, forgoing the type of “independent security monitoring” normally required under agency policy for such sensitive data & creating “enormous vulnerabilities.”
       
 (DIR) Post #AxZ7yZ5D82oOx79b6m by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-08-26T15:20:58Z
       
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       Borges did not indicate that the database had been breached or used inappropriately.But his disclosure stated that as of late June, “no verified audit or oversight mechanisms” existed to monitor what #DOGE was using the #data for or whether it was being shared outside the agency. That kind of #oversight would typically be provided by the agency’s career #information #security professionals, Borges said in his account.#Trump #Musk #InfoSec #privacy #law
       
 (DIR) Post #AxZ8wMKdfMmsmRslJg by mcr314@todon.nl
       2025-08-26T15:31:34Z
       
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       @Nonilex I can't undertand why name+address+SSN is still enough to commit authentication fraud against people.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxZ9eAT38fJaj2hpVA by saprentice@mastodon.social
       2025-08-26T15:39:30Z
       
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       @Nonilex If you haven’t already, now is a good time to put a #freeze on your credit record.